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as in rhetoric
boastful speech or writing
his taking credit for the rescue was mostly hot air, since the boat was actually saved by the Coast Guard
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as in wind
language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere
her campaign promise to "fight for the people" showed a taste for stale hot air
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Recent Examples of hot air
Sudden blasts of cold or hot air stress the plant and turn its leaves brown.
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
This year’s line up includes hot air balloon rides, fair rides, carnival-style games, food trucks and more.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
And planets don’t revolve around the sun, hot air doesn’t rise and gravity doesn’t bring falling leaves to Earth.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
And planets don’t revolve around the sun, hot air doesn’t rise, and gravity doesn’t bring falling leaves to Earth.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
This year’s line up includes hot air balloon rides, fair rides, carnival-style games, food trucks and more.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
And planets don’t revolve around the sun, hot air doesn’t rise and gravity doesn’t bring falling leaves to Earth.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
And planets don’t revolve around the sun, hot air doesn’t rise, and gravity doesn’t bring falling leaves to Earth.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot air
Noun
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Worthington said the rhetoric by Republicans in Pennsylvania is helpful, but limited in its effectiveness.—
Will McDuffie,
ABC News,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Iraq War exposed just how hollow our rhetoric of freedom and democracy was.—
Shadi Hamid,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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His early career was marked by the sort of gasconade many fans of the NFL had come to adore and many MLB executives and players had come to loathe.—
Robert Klemko,
The MMQB,
13 July 2017
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The entertainment industry is no stranger to individuals who espouse contested stories about screen hits, but the producers of Legacy of Lies have grown tired of his brags.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
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While the sale hasn’t started just yet, there are tons of early Amazon Prime Day toy deals to get your holiday shopping started or snag a brag-worthy deal on a birthday gift.—
Anja Webb,
Parents,
24 Sep. 2025
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There was a distinct set of tales dealing with demons who collected idle chatter in churches, and, over time, these stories were folded into the expanding legend of Tutivillus.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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This year, all eyes are on just three contests nationwide—and most of the chatter has centered on Zohran Mamdani’s meteoric mayoral run across the Hudson as a democratic socialist.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Hammy magniloquence risks alienating viewers, not just for an evening but for life, as does obscurity.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
15 Mar. 2018
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Whether likening transition to conversion therapy or calling trans women men, Rowling’s outlandish anti-trans rants have been making headlines for years.—
Quispe López,
Them.,
30 Oct. 2025
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Adidas has sought to put the Yeezy affair behind it since ending the highly profitable partnership with the brand’s designer – the rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West – over his antisemitic rants.—
Reuters 19 hr ago,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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Timor-Leste’s oil and gas wells are already running dry, with oil production at the Bayu-Undan field in the Timor Sea—the country’s only producing field—ceasing production in June 2025.—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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Shell's results come as French oil major TotalEnergies reported a slight drop in third-quarter profit as oil and gas production growth helped to offset lower crude prices.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Hot air.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20air. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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