Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)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.

    Heißluft

    air that has been heated and tends to rise

  2. (idiomatic, uncountable)Empty, confused, or exaggerated talk lacking meaning or substance; bluster.

    heiße Luft, Geschwafel

    пусто́еpustóje, болтовня́boltovnjá, ли́рикаlírika

    loud and confused and empty talk

Examples

24 sentences
  1. Have you ever ridden in a hot air balloon?

    Ви колись літали на повітряній кулі? — Internecivus

    ruВы когда-либо летали на воздушном шаре? — al_ex_an_der

    deBist du schon einmal in einem Heißluftballon gefahren? — Manfredo

  2. How do hot air balloons work?

    deWie funktionieren Heißluftballons? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I rode in a hot air balloon.

    deIch fuhr in einem Heißluftballon. — raggione

  4. Have you ever been up in a hot air balloon?

  5. Everybody in the park looked up at the hot air balloon.

    deAlle im Park schauten zum Heißluftballon hinauf. — raggione

Translations

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Русский
By meaning 1
empty, confused or exaggerated talk:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
heated air:
empty, confused or exaggerated talk:

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

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