hot air

noun

: empty talk

Synonyms of hot air

• rhetoric
• gasconade
• fanfaronade
• brag
• chatter
• magniloquence
• rant

Examples of hot air in a Sentence

She's full of hot air.

his taking credit for the rescue was mostly hot air, since the boat was actually saved by the Coast Guard

Recent Examples on the Web

Large fans move hot air away from the servers and outside the building. — Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026

Roasting the bird on a wire rack set inside a rimmed baking sheet (instead of a high-sided roasting pan) lets hot air circulate around it, encouraging browning all over. — Andy Baraghani, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026

In Utah, residents protested after Box Elder County commissioners signed off on a data center expected to consume more than double the state’s peak electricity demand in 2025, and spread hot air in the desert valley surrounding the data center. — Emma Roth, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2026

Again, if intermediate temperatures are needed, it could potentially be mixed with some hot air coming directly from the storage medium, albeit at the cost of generation. — ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1873, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hot air

• abwehr
• affair
• affaire
• airfare
• altair
• armchair
• aware
• beware
• bugbear
• carfare
• childcare
• compare

Kids Definition

hot air

noun

: empty talk