hot air
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hot air
noun
- Air that has been heated, especially so as to function as the lifting agent of a hot-air balloon. The balloon was equipped with a burner to create hot air for lift.
- Empty, confused, or exaggerated talk lacking meaning or substance; bluster. "You'll never get anywhere so long as youse trail with that reform bunch. It's all hot air and tomfool theory."
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noun heated air
| Français | air chaud |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Heißluft |
| Italiano | aria calda |
noun empty, confused or exaggerated talk
| Español | palabrería, jarabe de pico, palabras vacías |
|---|---|
| Français | vent |
| Deutsch | heiße Luft, Geschwafel |
| Italiano | aria fritta, fuffa |
| Ελληνικά | αερολογίες aerologíes |
| Русский | пусто́е pustóje, болтовня́ boltovnjá, ли́рика lírika |
| עברית | דברי הבל, אוויר חם |
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@misc{hot_air_2026,
title = {hot air},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hot%20air},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
