gusty
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gust·y
(gŭs′tē)adj. gust·i·er, gust·i·est
1. Blowing in or marked by gusts: a gusty storm.
2. High-flown, wordy, or overwrought: gusty rhetoric.
gust′i·ly adv.
gust′i·ness n.
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gusty
(ˈɡʌstɪ)adj, gustier or gustiest
1. (Physical Geography) blowing or occurring in gusts or characterized by blustery weather: a gusty wind.
2. given to sudden outbursts, as of emotion or temperament
ˈgustily adv
ˈgustiness n
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gust•y
(ˈgʌs ti)adj. gust•i•er, gust•i•est.
1. blowing or coming in gusts, as wind or rain.
2. marked by gusts of wind, rain, etc.: a gusty day.
3. characterized by sudden bursts or outbursts, as sound or laughter.
[1590–1600]
gust′i•ly, adv.
gust′i•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | gusty - blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts; "puffy off-shore winds"; "gusty winds " stormy - (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas" |
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gusty
adjective windy, stormy, breezy, blustering, tempestuous, blustery, inclement, squally, blowy Weather forecasts predict gusty winds and lightning strikes.
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gusty
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Translations
عاصِف، زوبَعي
větrný
blæsende
viharos
sem kemur í hviîum
fırtınalırüzgârlı
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gust
(gast) noun a sudden blast (of wind). gusts of wind of up to eighty kilometres an hour.
ˈgusty adjectivea gusty day.
ˈgustily adverbˈgustiness noun
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