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English noun: idle words

1. idle words (communication) empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk


SamplesThat's a lot of wind.
Don't give me any of that jazz.


Synonymsjazz, malarkey, malarky, nothingness, wind


Broader (hypernym)talk, talking









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