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windy

  • adjective
  • win·dy
  • /ˈwɪn.di/

Accompanied by wind.

Other meanings

  1. unsheltered and open to the wind.

    “They shagged in a windy bus shelter.”

  2. empty and lacking substance.

    “They made windy promises they would not keep.”

Example sentences

Word history

From Old English "windiġ".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “windy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.