windy — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Accompanied by wind.

   Synonyms

   blowyblusterybreezy

   Antonyms

   calmwindless

   Examples

   It was a long and windy night.

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   “Everybody is interested in extremes – the hottest, the wettest, the windiest – so creating a database of professionally verified records is useful in that fact alone,” says Randall Cerveny from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

   Humid, windy days with low pressure make pain worse in those with long-term health conditions, according to new research.

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   […] Higher windier locations can some times provide a relief from these insects during the growing season.”

2. Unsheltered and open to the wind.

   Examples

   They shagged in a windy bus shelter.

3. Empty and lacking substance.

   Examples

   They made windy promises they would not keep.

4. Long-winded; orally verbose.

   Examples

   I am not come hither to contend with the King of Witchland in windy railing, but to match my strength against his, sinew against sinew.

5. Flatulent.

   Usage

   • Informal

   Examples

   The Tex-Mex meal had made them somewhat windy.

6. Nervous, frightened.

   Usage

   • Slang

   Examples

   The thing is he’s not windy, he’s a perfectly good soldier, no more than reasonably afraid of rifle and machine-gun bullets, shells, grenades.

Noun

1. A fart.

   Usage

   • Colloquial

Adjective

1. Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.

   Usage

   • of a path etc

Noun

1. A window.

   Usage

   • Ireland

   Examples

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   "You see it there, yondher, forenint you, at the bottom of the sthreet, wid the light in the winddy; or, stay, shure it's mysilf id think little of runnin' down wid you, poor crathurs!"

Adjective

1. abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes

   Synonyms

   blowybreezy

   Examples

   blowy weather

   a windy bluff

2. not practical or realizable; speculative

   Synonyms

   airyimpracticalvisionaryLaputan

   Examples

   airy theories about socioeconomic improvement

   visionary schemes for getting rich

3. resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability

   Examples

   a windy dash home

4. using or containing too many words

   Synonyms

   long-windedtediousverbosewordy

   Examples

   long-winded (or windy) speakers

   verbose and ineffective instructional methods

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   newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials

   proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes