Windy

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwɪndi/
• Rhymes: -ɪndi

From wind (weather condition) + -y.

Full definition of windy

Adjective

1. Accompanied by wind.It was a long and windy night.
2. Unsheltered and open to the wind.They made love in a windy bus shelter.
3. Empty and lacking substance.They made windy promises they would not keep.
4. Long-winded; orally verbose.
5. Flatulent.The Tex-Mex meal had made them somewhat windy.
6. (slang) Nervous, frightened.
• 1995, Pat Barker, The Ghost Road, Penguin 2014 (The Regeneration Trilogy), p. 848: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.

Synonyms

Noun

1. (colloquial) fart

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwaɪndi/

From wind ("to curve, bend") + -y.

Adjective

1. (of a path etc) Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.