What does windy mean?

Definitions for windy
ˈwɪn diwindy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. blowy, breezy, windyadjective

    abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes

    "blowy weather"; "a windy bluff"

  2. airy, impractical, visionary, Laputan, windyadjective

    not practical or realizable; speculative

    "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich"

  3. windyadjective

    resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability

    "a windy dash home"

  4. long-winded, tedious, verbose, windy, wordyadjective

    using or containing too many words

    "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Windyadjective

    Etymology: from wind.

    See what showers arise,
    Blown with the windy tempest of my soul
    Upon thy wounds, that kill mine eyes and heart. William Shakespeare.

    Subtile or windy spirits are taken off by incension or evaporation. Francis Bacon.

    Lady, you have a merry heart.
    ———— Yes, my lord, I thank it, poor fool,
    It keeps on the windy side of care. William Shakespeare.

    Why should calamity be full of words?
    ———— Windy attorneys to their client woes,
    Poor breathing orators of miseries. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

    What windy joy this day had I conceiv’d,
    Hopeful of his deliv’ry, which now proves
    Abortive as the first-born bloom of Spring,
    Nipt with the lagging rear of Winter’s frost. John Milton.

    Look, here’s that windy applause, that poor transitory pleasure, for which I was dishonoured. South.

    Of ev’ry nation, each illustrious name
    Such toys as these have cheated into fame,
    Exchanging solid quiet to obtain
    The windy satisfaction of the brain. John Dryden, Juvenal.

    On this windy sea of land the fiend
    Walk’d up and down. John Milton.

    It is not bare agitation, but the sediment at the bottom, that troubles and defiles the water; and when we see it windy and dusty, the wind does not make but only raise dust. South.

    In such a windy colic, water is the best remedy after a surfeit of fruit. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

Wikipedia

  1. Windy

    Windy is a song recorded by the Danish band Scarlet Pleasure. It was released on February 26, 2014 as their first official single, after an unsuccessful trip to the United States. They took back to Denmark to find success, and after just a few weeks on the Danish charts, "Windy" won the prize as P3's Uundgåelige. The song is Produced by David Mørup, Mixed by Rune Rask and Mastered by Brian Gardner, who has mastered songs for Dr. Dre, David Bowie, Eminem and many more.

ChatGPT

  1. windy

    Windy refers to a situation or condition characterized by the presence of strong winds or air currents moving in the atmosphere. It often describes weather conditions where the speed of wind is notably high.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Windy

    consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind

  2. Windy

    next the wind; windward

  3. Windy

    tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather

  4. Windy

    serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food

  5. Windy

    attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines

  6. Windy

    fig.: Empty; airy

  7. Etymology: [AS. windig.]

Wikidata

  1. Windy

    "Windy" is a pop music song written by Ruthann Friedman and recorded by The Association. Released in 1967, the song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July of that year. Later in 1967, an instrumental version by jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery became his biggest Hot 100 hit when it peaked at #44. "Windy" was The Association's second U.S. number-one, following "Cherish" in 1966. According to rumor, the original lyrics by Ruthann Friedman were about a man and The Association changed them to be about a woman. "There are many explanations of who Windy actually was in Ruthann's life. She would have you know, she being me, Ruthann Friedman, that none of them are true. Windy was indeed a female and purely a fictitious character who popped into my head one fine day in 1967... During the recording session the Association members, sure that they were in the middle of recording a hit, called the song writer, me again, in to sing on the fade at the end. I can be heard singing a blues harmony as the song fades out..." Session musician Hal Blaine was brought in to play drums.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. WINDY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Windy is ranked #135593 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Windy surname appeared 124 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Windy.

    95.9% or 119 total occurrences were White.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of windy in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of windy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of windy in a Sentence

  1. Tom Sawyer:

    Then my Uncle Randy, who’s my dad’s twin brother, died just before last year’s bowhunt, so Dad and I just didn’t feel up to it last fall; the three of us had always done everything together. But this year we were ready. We were hunting this new property in Missouri, and the activity seemed to all be happening on this remote section of the farm, where some CRP met a creek. I went back there and tucked in to a patch of willows, right on the ground. I rattled and had four small bucks trot right in and never see me, so I liked the setup. A while later, a big doe came out in the grass—and right behind her was this giant. I had one long shot at him but it was windy and I passed it. He was walking away when I rattled once, and he ignored it. Then I looked up to the sky and said, ‘Bring him in to me Uncle Randy.’ I hit the horns hard, and the buck spun around and walked right in for the shot. The biggest buck I’d shot before him was 140 inches, and I like to think my uncle had a big part of this special buck.

  2. Peerapan Srisakorn Peerapan Srisakorn:

    It was very windy last night, the fire spread up quickly to the upper floors and then to every side, engulfing the whole building.

  3. Jason Galvin:

    It was very windy and I was just waiting for the right shot.

  4. Mardan Mamat:

    I hit the ball solid from tee to green and managed to hole some putts. It’s not easy out there, especially on the front nine where it was really windy, I’m trying to not think about keeping my card. It’s not the end of the world for me if I don’t make it into top-60 on the Order of Merit. I want to enjoy my golf.

  5. Trent Lott:

    It’s windy when you are in the leadership in the House and Senate.

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