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blow hot air

blow hot air verb: to engage in empty or exaggerated talk that lacks substance, credibility, or truth; to bluster.

Verb

blow hot air (third-person singular simple present blows hot air, present participle blowing hot air, simple past blew hot air, past participle blown hot air)

  1. (idiomatic) To engage in empty or exaggerated talk that lacks substance, credibility, or truth; to bluster.
    • Ralph (Pig Cop #2): ALRIGHT, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?! BREAK IT UP!
      Duke: Cool it, officer. He's just blowing hot air. No one's paying no mind.
      Fritz: Come the revolution, there gonna be no more limousines! Come the revolution, there gonna be no more strawberries and cream! See?!1972, Ralph Bakshi, Fritz the Cat

Forms of blow hot air

third-person singular presentblows hot air
present participleblowing hot air
pastblew hot air
past participleblown hot air

Questions about blow hot air

What does blow hot air mean?
Blow hot air means to engage in empty or exaggerated talk that lacks substance, credibility, or truth; to bluster.
What part of speech is blow hot air?
Blow hot air is a verb.
What is the past tense of blow hot air?
The past tense of blow hot air is blew hot air.

Words near blow hot air in the dictionary

  1. blow forward
  2. blow from a gun
  3. blow high, blow low
  4. blow horn
  5. blow horns
  6. blow hot air
  7. blow hot and cold
  8. blow in
  9. blow in the bag
  10. blow into
  11. blow it out one's ass

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