Windy
adjective
A place or weather condition with a lot of wind blowing.
It's too windy outside to play a game of football.
Often appears as...
- windy weather
- windy day
adjective
Something that is long and twisting, not straight.
The windy road up the mountain is a challenge to drive on.
Often appears as...
- windy road
- windy path
adjective
Person who talks a lot, often without saying much of importance.
He's known for being windy and often overstays his welcome at parties.
Often appears as...
- windy conversation
- windy explanation
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adjective
A place or weather condition with a lot of wind blowing.
It's too windy outside to play a game of football.
Often appears as...
- windy weather
- windy day
adjective
Something that is long and twisting, not straight.
The windy road up the mountain is a challenge to drive on.
Often appears as...
- windy road
- windy path
adjective
Person who talks a lot, often without saying much of importance.
He's known for being windy and often overstays his welcome at parties.
Often appears as...
- windy conversation
- windy explanation
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Outdoor Activities
Use 'windy' to describe the weather when planning or discussing outdoor activities.
We should cancel the picnic since it will be windy.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Varies
'Windy' can mean light breezes to gale-force winds; context or adverbs clarify how windy it is.
It's slightly windy, perfect for flying kites.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
'Windy' can describe situations or feelings that are unstable or constantly changing.
Their relationship has been windy, full of ups and downs.
Pro Tip 1/3Outdoor Activities
Use 'windy' to describe the weather when planning or discussing outdoor activities.
We should cancel the picnic since it will be windy.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Varies
'Windy' can mean light breezes to gale-force winds; context or adverbs clarify how windy it is.
It's slightly windy, perfect for flying kites.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
'Windy' can describe situations or feelings that are unstable or constantly changing.
Their relationship has been windy, full of ups and downs.
Pro Tip 1/3Outdoor Activities
Use 'windy' to describe the weather when planning or discussing outdoor activities.
We should cancel the picnic since it will be windy.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Varies
'Windy' can mean light breezes to gale-force winds; context or adverbs clarify how windy it is.
It's slightly windy, perfect for flying kites.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
'Windy' can describe situations or feelings that are unstable or constantly changing.
Their relationship has been windy, full of ups and downs.
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Video examples
How a windmill gets...
tricky because you can't do it on a windy day so on a windy spot you really have to pick your days to do it and so we lift it up there and we've got up at the top you see it attached to that nice foundation on the left and on the right you can see looking up the center of the tower it's up 22 stories these towers are important to in the old days you
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Saving Manatees: What It...
area and would continue to come into the small area here yeah and you had a thunderstorm big big weather yesterday does that alter their behaviors do they tend to uh tend to head into these coves more or correct if it if it's very windy and very strongly they tend to come into this mangrove era that's why we've always encouraged people to
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Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
like I said it's very very windy so it's not really a great day to do approaches unless unless we are will we stay in the favour of the one we don't this elephant to be able to smell us cuz he's gonna get quite nervous who'll be frustrated that he can't hear us that's one of the primary senses that
Video examples
The dust bunnies that...
This is a surprisingly windy place; eddies of gas carry particles apart, and send them smashing into each other. The dust consists of tiny metal fragments, bits of rock, and, further out, ices. We’ve observed thousands of these disks in the sky, at various stages of development
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Meet the World's Tiniest...
being close to the open ocean means it tends to be windy the leaves of the plants can be damaged by rocks sand and itself the leaves of the fan dry grass is shaped like a tin roof and placed it with silica so it can protect itself from its environment
Video examples
Alone on the Ice: The...
meanwhile the ship got terribly iced up every day finally they came to a plausible inlet which they named commonwealth bay unwittingly it turns out to be the windiest place in the world at sea level the the summit of k2 may be windier but
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Lisa Kristine: Photos...
that he manages. I met these boys at five in the morning, when they were hauling in the last of their nets, but they had been working since 1 a.m. in the cold, windy night. And it's important to note that these nets weigh
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Top 5 Reindeer Moments PIPE...
they can die if it is very cold and windy with it's very important that the weather is just right then yes yes the team get all their information about the reindeer by keeping really detailed records about
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...
plains zebra out in the open plains the bite is just gorgeous respect the moment they're a little bit edgy just like that ostrich but at least they've got some friends where's windy luck it's a really
Video examples
Antarctica PIPE Exploring...
driest windiest place on earth pristine white and sparkling blue it holds more than 60% of the fresh water on the planet yet it's fierce frozen interior is inhospitable for most forms of life
Video examples
How a windmill gets...
tricky because you can't do it on a windy day so on a windy spot you really have to pick your days to do it and so we lift it up there and we've got up at the top you see it attached to that nice foundation on the left and on the right you can see looking up the center of the tower it's up 22 stories these towers are important to in the old days you
Video examples
Saving Manatees: What It...
area and would continue to come into the small area here yeah and you had a thunderstorm big big weather yesterday does that alter their behaviors do they tend to uh tend to head into these coves more or correct if it if it's very windy and very strongly they tend to come into this mangrove era that's why we've always encouraged people to
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
like I said it's very very windy so it's not really a great day to do approaches unless unless we are will we stay in the favour of the one we don't this elephant to be able to smell us cuz he's gonna get quite nervous who'll be frustrated that he can't hear us that's one of the primary senses that
Video examples
The dust bunnies that...
This is a surprisingly windy place; eddies of gas carry particles apart, and send them smashing into each other. The dust consists of tiny metal fragments, bits of rock, and, further out, ices. We’ve observed thousands of these disks in the sky, at various stages of development
Video examples
Meet the World's Tiniest...
being close to the open ocean means it tends to be windy the leaves of the plants can be damaged by rocks sand and itself the leaves of the fan dry grass is shaped like a tin roof and placed it with silica so it can protect itself from its environment
Video examples
Alone on the Ice: The...
meanwhile the ship got terribly iced up every day finally they came to a plausible inlet which they named commonwealth bay unwittingly it turns out to be the windiest place in the world at sea level the the summit of k2 may be windier but
Video examples
Lisa Kristine: Photos...
that he manages. I met these boys at five in the morning, when they were hauling in the last of their nets, but they had been working since 1 a.m. in the cold, windy night. And it's important to note that these nets weigh
Video examples
Top 5 Reindeer Moments PIPE...
they can die if it is very cold and windy with it's very important that the weather is just right then yes yes the team get all their information about the reindeer by keeping really detailed records about
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...
plains zebra out in the open plains the bite is just gorgeous respect the moment they're a little bit edgy just like that ostrich but at least they've got some friends where's windy luck it's a really
Video examples
Antarctica PIPE Exploring...
driest windiest place on earth pristine white and sparkling blue it holds more than 60% of the fresh water on the planet yet it's fierce frozen interior is inhospitable for most forms of life
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Quote examples
John Prine
American Singer
I wrote most of 'Hello in There' in a relay box, which looks like a mail box, only bigger. Sometimes, it was so cold and windy on my mail route that I'd go inside the relay box and eat a sandwich, just to get away from the wind. I remember working on 'Hello in There' inside the relay box.
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Sherri Shepherd
American Entertainer
When I first started wearing wigs, I didn't know you had to anchor them down with bobby pins. I walked out during a windy day and my wig blew off and got stuck to a branch. I was walking while my wig was hanging! If that's not the most embarrassing thing... but you have to use bobby pins.
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Keegan Bradley
American Athlete
It's such an advantage to be able to hit short irons low on command. When it's windy, you'll hit more greens. But low shots are a great strategy in calm conditions, too: The less time the ball hangs in the air, the less time it has to stray off line from the flagstick.
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James Tupper
Canadian Actor
I was working on this bedroom, and from where I was, in the beating hot sun, I could see Madonna's castle on the next ridge over. It was hilarious - there I was, this Maritime carpenter, staring at Madonna's castle. So it's been a windy road.
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Richard Eyre
British Director
The desire to share is not a vague, windy sentiment, not when you see the massive rise in live concerts in response to the phenomenon of downloading music... People want to get rid of the headphones and be part of a shared experience.
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Tim Cahill
American Writer
In my life outdoors, I've observed that animals of almost any variety will stand in a windy place rather than in a protected, windless area infested with biting insects. They would rather be annoyed by the wind than bitten.
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Tom Glazer
American Musician
I'm afraid I talk a lot, too much, perhaps. I should have been a lawyer or a college professor or a windy politician, though I'm glad I am not any of these.
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Stephen Spender
English Poet
When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a top whipped by the lashes Of your rhetoric, windy of course.
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Mike Leach
American Coach
I'm proud to say I had a bet with a guy from Chicago who said Chicago is windier and colder than Wyoming. Wyoming dominated them.
Quote examples
Pardis Sabeti
Iranian Scientist
The creative scientific process is - It's kind of - It's a windy road that has a trajectory, but it's a slow trajectory.
Quote examples
John Prine
American Singer
I wrote most of 'Hello in There' in a relay box, which looks like a mail box, only bigger. Sometimes, it was so cold and windy on my mail route that I'd go inside the relay box and eat a sandwich, just to get away from the wind. I remember working on 'Hello in There' inside the relay box.
Quote examples
Sherri Shepherd
American Entertainer
When I first started wearing wigs, I didn't know you had to anchor them down with bobby pins. I walked out during a windy day and my wig blew off and got stuck to a branch. I was walking while my wig was hanging! If that's not the most embarrassing thing... but you have to use bobby pins.
Quote examples
Keegan Bradley
American Athlete
It's such an advantage to be able to hit short irons low on command. When it's windy, you'll hit more greens. But low shots are a great strategy in calm conditions, too: The less time the ball hangs in the air, the less time it has to stray off line from the flagstick.
Quote examples
James Tupper
Canadian Actor
I was working on this bedroom, and from where I was, in the beating hot sun, I could see Madonna's castle on the next ridge over. It was hilarious - there I was, this Maritime carpenter, staring at Madonna's castle. So it's been a windy road.
Quote examples
Richard Eyre
British Director
The desire to share is not a vague, windy sentiment, not when you see the massive rise in live concerts in response to the phenomenon of downloading music... People want to get rid of the headphones and be part of a shared experience.
Quote examples
Tim Cahill
American Writer
In my life outdoors, I've observed that animals of almost any variety will stand in a windy place rather than in a protected, windless area infested with biting insects. They would rather be annoyed by the wind than bitten.
Quote examples
Tom Glazer
American Musician
I'm afraid I talk a lot, too much, perhaps. I should have been a lawyer or a college professor or a windy politician, though I'm glad I am not any of these.
Quote examples
Stephen Spender
English Poet
When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a top whipped by the lashes Of your rhetoric, windy of course.
Quote examples
Mike Leach
American Coach
I'm proud to say I had a bet with a guy from Chicago who said Chicago is windier and colder than Wyoming. Wyoming dominated them.
Quote examples
Pardis Sabeti
Iranian Scientist
The creative scientific process is - It's kind of - It's a windy road that has a trajectory, but it's a slow trajectory.
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