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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
/ ˈɪԻɪ /
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
Derived Forms
- ˈɾԻ徱Ա, noun
- ˈɾԻ徱, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ɾԻi· adverb
- ɾԻi·Ա noun
- ܲ·ɾԻy adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Banana Cake is for right now — for windy, sunny, even chilly and stormy, abundant spring!
"There was a lot of anticipation but it didn't sound very good, it was very windy and the vibe wasn't there."
On a windy 46-degree night in the nation’s capital, those long innings on defense did little to help the Dodgers’ bats warm up.
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.
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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