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

Regular baking, on the other hand, provides a gentler, more stable cooking environment without a fan circulating hot air. — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 13 Nov. 2026

Gaze up at tethered hot air balloons glowing in the night while their pilots light the burners to music and lasers spread colors across the sky in a state-of-the-art show. — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026

The recovered heat can be transferred to water for district heating networks, used to produce steam for industrial equipment, or supplied as hot air for manufacturing and drying processes. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026

The hackers shifted grocery freezers into defrost mode, the freezers began blowing hot air onto the frozen food, and, in some, temperatures rose to 122 degrees. — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Nov. 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