talk through your hat
informalDefinition
› to talk about something without understanding what you are talking about: Nothing of what he said made sense - he was talking through his hat.Ways of talking
(Definition of talk through your hat from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -mouthed suffix
- -tongued suffix
- blab verb
- croak noun
- croak verb (MAKE SOUND)
- croon verb
- declamatory adjective
- drone on phrasal verb
- evangelize verb (OPINIONS)
- grunt verb
- jabber verb
- loose verb
- murmur verb (SPEAK QUIETLY)
- pipe verb (SPEAK)
- rambling adjective (TALK)
- reel sth off phrasal verb (LIST)
- spout verb (SPEAK)
- talk trash idiom
- tattle noun
- throw your voice idiom
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Ways of talking
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