WINDY


Meaning of WINDY in English

I. ˈwindē, -di adjective

( -er/-est )

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English windig, from wind (I) + -ig -y

1.

a. : marked by considerable movement of air: as

(1) : regularly blown on or through by the wind

a windy headland running out to the gray northern sea — Andrew Lang

a tottering structure with vast windy rooms — Sally Carrighar

(2) : marked by strong wind

windy gusts of hail — Mary Austin

got soaked in a windy downpour

(3) : marked by the presence of more wind than usual

a windy day

(4) : swayed by the wind : moving to and fro in the wind

the rank windy grass of this prairie — Sinclair Lewis

b.

(1) : resembling or suggestive of the wind in or as if in physical quality : violent , stormy

(2) obsolete : changeable , inconstant

c. : producing or controlling wind

2.

a. : flatulent 2

an empty windy stomach — J.M.Synge

b. : flatulent 3

windy buns — Edith C. Rivett

3.

a. : marked by inflated often pretentious verbosity : characterized by long-windedness and lack of substance : verbose , bombastic

windy after-dinner eulogies — J.D.Hart

a windy politician

b. : lacking content or substance : empty , insubstantial , flimsy

this windy study promoted the increasing emptiness of philosophy — H.O.Taylor

4.

a. archaic : productive of pride or conceit

b. chiefly Scotland : proud , conceited

5. : played by means of wind ; especially : played on a wind instrument

a larghetto non troppo with responses by the oboes, clarinets, flutes, and bassoons that was a windy delight — Janet Flanner

6. : breathy

7. chiefly Britain : frightened , fearful , nervous

- on the windy side

II. noun

( -es )

1. slang : an exaggerated story : a tall tale

2. slang : bluff , hoax

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.