empty talk

/ˌɛm(p)ti tɔk/
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Definitions of empty talk
  1. noun
    loud and confused and empty talk
    synonyms: empty words, hot air, palaver, rhetoric
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    type of:
    bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality
    a message that seems to convey no meaning
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