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windy
[win-dee]
adjective
accompanied or characterized by wind.
a windy day.
exposed to or swept by the wind.
a windy hill.
consisting of or resembling wind.
a windy tempest of activity.
toward the wind; windward.
unsubstantial or empty.
of the nature of, characterized by, or given to prolonged, empty talk; voluble; verbose; bombastic.
characterized by or causing flatulence.
Chiefly Scot., boastful.
windy
/ ˈwɪndɪ /
adjective
of, characterized by, resembling, or relating to wind; stormy
swept by or open to powerful winds
marked by or given to empty, prolonged, and often boastful speech; bombastic
windy orations
void of substance
an informal word for flatulent
slang, afraid; frightened; nervous
Other Word Forms
- windiness noun
- windily adverb
- unwindy adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Stafford, who connected on 17 of 26 passes for 181 yards and the touchdown, credited the Rams defense with coming through on a "weird" windy day in Baltimore.
Last October, a similar inflatable pumpkin went on a windy joyride, rolling into traffic and briefly “attacking” an officer before being wrangled back into submission.
It was already “extremely windy” as he hiked, he said.
Leading guests through a darkened, windy downtown storefront, the show is a heavy nod to 1950 noir film “Sunset Boulevard” in the way it aims to explore old Hollywood.
Although Saturday will still be very windy, there will be a mixture of sunny spells and showers, most of them coming in across northern and western parts of the UK.
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