windy

[ win-dee ]
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adjective,wind·i·er, wind·i·est.
  1. accompanied or characterized by wind: a windy day.

  2. exposed to or swept by the wind: a windy hill.

  1. consisting of or resembling wind: a windy tempest of activity.

  2. toward the wind; windward.

  3. unsubstantial or empty.

  4. of the nature of, characterized by, or given to prolonged, empty talk; voluble; verbose; bombastic.

  5. characterized by or causing flatulence.

  6. Chiefly Scot. boastful.

Origin of windy

1
before 900; Middle English; Old English windig.See wind1, -y1

Other words from windy

  • wind·i·ly, adverb
  • wind·i·ness, noun
  • un·wind·y, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for windy

windy

/ (ˈwɪndɪ) /


adjectivewindier or windiest
  1. of, characterized by, resembling, or relating to wind; stormy

  2. swept by or open to powerful winds

  1. marked by or given to empty, prolonged, and often boastful speech; bombastic: windy orations

  2. void of substance

  3. an informal word for flatulent

  4. slang afraid; frightened; nervous

Derived forms of windy

  • windily, adverb
  • windiness, noun

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