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HOT AIR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Loud and confused and empty talk
Example:
mere rhetoric
Synonyms:
empty talk; empty words; hot air; palaver; rhetoric
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("hot air" is a kind of...):
bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Air that has been heated and tends to rise
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hot air" is a kind of...):
air (a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of)
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