wind
- noun
- /wɪnd/
- UK
- The politician's speech was full of wind, promising changes without any plan.
- a bag of wind
And then he says the wind is bullshit.
- And then he says the wind is bullshit.
- You could just be full of wind, as Kierkegaard says here, and your works could be nothing if you are not actually willing to put in the labor required.
Examples
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You are all just pissing in the wind; merely prolonging the inevitable.
Blog text (21) -
And this obviously took a lot of the wind out of the sails of the media.
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Would have just been wind, seriously.
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Nobody does, 'cause it's just wind.
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"I understand what you say, but in the end it is all hollow wind."
Fiction book (1997) -
Insurance is a cutthroat business, and they don't want their competitors to get wind of this.
Fiction book (1995) -
Oddly, Lil Wayne's people got wind of me from that tour and checked out my new record.
Blog text (29) -
You're takin' the wind out of everyone's sails.
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His arguments were nothing but wind, lacking any real evidence or substance.
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After all the wind about the project, we were left with no tangible results.
Synonyms
Words that sound impressive but have little real meaning
Talk that is not true or is silly
Insincere empty talk meant to impress or distract
Talk that sounds important but has no real meaning
Loud talk that tries to impress but has little real effect
Talk that is not true and tries to trick people
Talk that has no real meaning and is not useful
A lot of talk that sounds important but says nothing
Talk that tries to trick people with false statements
Words that sound important but have no real meaning or action
Words that people say but do not mean
Talk that brags and makes things sound bigger than they are
Talk that has no useful information
Talk that brags and sounds false
Antonyms
Idioms
- Specialized
Sailing with the boat pointed almost into the wind to go as directly toward it as possible
- Literature
A person who moves or behaves in a smooth, flexible way like a dancer
Compounds
- Specialized
An area of land or sea with many tall machines that make electricity from wind
- Specialized
A large machine that moves air to test how it affects objects like cars or planes
- Specialized
A steady wind that blows east to west near the equator in tropical regions
An instrument that makes sound when you blow air through it, like a flute or trumpet
- Specialized
A strong wind that blows when cold, heavy air flows down from high ground like a mountain or plateau
- US
A warm dry wind that blows down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains and quickly raises temperature
- Specialized
A wind in the tropics that blows from west to east above the trade winds
A decorative thing of metal, glass or clay that hangs and makes a soft tinkling sound in wind
- US
A wildflower with thin stems and bright red cup-shaped flowers that grows in California
- Specialized
A number scale from zero to twelve used worldwide to show how strong the wind is
How Sincere
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember wind meaning empty talk is to think of 'hot air' — like wind that makes noise but has no weight, so it stands for speech with no real substance.