different between indy vs windy

English

Etymology 1

From independent, by shortening, +? -y

Noun

indy (plural indies)

1. An independent entity.

Adjective

indy (not comparable)

1. Independent, unaffiliated (especially not affiliated with a major organization or company).

Usage notes

Usage of indie and indy depends on context. For popular culture, indie is preferred, but for wrestling on the independent circuit, indy is preferred.

Related terms

• indie

Etymology 2

From Indianapolis (“location of major car race”)

Noun

indy (plural indies)

1. cars designed to meet the rules on the Indianapolis 500 car race.

Anagrams

• Yidn, dyin'

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English windy, from Old English windi? (“windy”), from Proto-Germanic *windigaz (“windy”), equivalent to wind +? -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wiendich (“windy”), West Frisian winich (“windy”), Dutch winderig (“windy”), German Low German windig (“windy”), German windig (“windy”), Swedish vindig (“windy”), Icelandic vindugur (“windy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?ndi/
• Rhymes: -?ndi

Adjective

windy (comparative windier, superlative windiest)

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. (informal) 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

• (accompanied by wind): blowy, blustery, breezy
• See also Thesaurus:verbose
• See also Thesaurus:flatulent

Antonyms

• (accompanied by wind): calm, windless

Translations

Noun

windy (plural windies)

1. (colloquial) fart

Translations

Etymology 2

wind (“to curve, bend”) +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wa?ndi/

Adjective

windy (comparative windier, superlative windiest)

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

Translations