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windy

[ win-dee ]

adjective

windier, windiest.
  1. accompanied or characterized by wind:

    a windy day.

  2. exposed to or swept by the wind:

    a windy hill.

  3. consisting of or resembling wind:

    a windy tempest of activity.

  4. toward the wind; windward.
  5. unsubstantial or empty.
  6. of the nature of, characterized by, or given to prolonged, empty talk; voluble; verbose; bombastic.
  7. characterized by or causing flatulence.
  8. Chiefly Scot. boastful.


windy

/ ˈ·Éɪ²Ô»åɪ /

adjective

  1. of, characterized by, resembling, or relating to wind; stormy
  2. swept by or open to powerful winds
  3. marked by or given to empty, prolonged, and often boastful speech; bombastic

    windy orations

  4. void of substance
  5. an informal word for flatulent
  6. slang.
    afraid; frightened; nervous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ·É¾±²Ô»å¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ˈ·É¾±²Ô»å¾±±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ·É¾±²Ô»åi·±ô²â adverb
  • ·É¾±²Ô»åi·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ³Ü²Ô··É¾±²Ô»åy adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of windy1

before 900; Middle English; Old English windig. See wind 1, -y 1
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Hull matched Vu's four-under-par 68 in a third round played in difficult, windy conditions on the Whirlwind Golf Club's Cattail Course.

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He says zonal pricing is meant to encourage investment in particular parts of the country - but fails to recognise that wind farms need to be built in places where it's windy.

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When it's windy, we can hear the howling.

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Lucy Dacus sits at a picnic table in Elysian Park blinking against the sun on a windy afternoon in early March.

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