CLAPTRAP Synonyms

• pretentious or silly talk or writing

• a long trough for feeding cattle

• a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers

• a rough bed (as at a campsite)

• unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

• a message that seems to convey no meaning

• beds built one above the other

• avoid paying

• provide with a bunk

• flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

• a worthless message

• saliva spilling from the mouth

• let saliva drivel from the mouth

• unintelligible talking

• incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists

• unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

• empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

• a message that seems to convey no meaning

• ornamental objects of no great value

• having no intelligible meaning

• trivial nonsense

• speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

• act in a trivial or ineffective way

• senseless talk

• pretentious or silly talk or writing

• speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

• flattery intended to persuade

• loud and confused and empty talk

• speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

• influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

• have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds

• pancake batter baked in a waffle iron

• pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

• air that has been heated and tends to rise

• loud and confused and empty talk

• pompous or pretentious talk or writing

• pompous or pretentious talk or writing

• pompous or pretentious talk or writing

• a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap

• a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion

• pompous or pretentious talk or writing

• talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner