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1 windy
1. n розм.1) базіка; брехун2) вигадка, брехня3) обман, розіграш2. adj1) вітряний2) що обдувається вітром3) балакучий; багатослівний4) пустий, несерйозний; беззмістовний5) розм. зляканий, наляканий; боязкий6) ірон. бурхливий7) шотл., розм. пихатий; хвалькуватий8) мед. що викликає гази (в кишечнику)windy food — їжа, від якої здуває живіт
9) гірн. невибухлий10) заст. навітрянийW. City — амер. Місто вітрів (про Чикаго)
* * *I [`windi] n; сл.1) базікало; брехун2) видумка, брехня3) обман, розіграшII [windi] a1) вітрянийwindy plain — рівнина, відкрита вітрам
3) балакучий, багатослівний4) пустий, беззмістовнийwindy eloquence /rhetoric/ — пустослів'я
5) переляканий, боязкий6) гравець, бурхливий, несамовитий7) що викликає гази ( в кишечнику)windy food — їжа, від якої здуває живіт; що страждає від газів
8) гірськ. що неспрацювавwindy shot — заряд, що не підірвався
Windy City — cл. "Місто вітрів" ( Чикаго)
to keep on the windy side of the law — не потрапляти до рук /триматися подалі від/ поліції, влади
См. также в других словарях:
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