adj
Meaning 1
Of wind: blowing in gusts; blustery; tempestuous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gusty
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈɡʌs.ti/
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rhymes with -ʌsti
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CMU ARPABET: G AH1 S T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Characterized by or occurring in instances of sudden strong expression.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Bombastic, verbose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 4
With gusto.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- puffy off-shore winds
- gusty winds
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: puffy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English gust Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gusty From gust + -y.
From Latin gustus (“tasting”).
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: поривист (porivist) — of wind: blowing in gusts
- Catalan: ratxós — of wind: blowing in gusts
- Czech: nárazový — of wind: blowing in gusts
- Finnish: puuskainen — of wind: blowing in gusts
- French: rafaleux — of wind: blowing in gusts
- German: böig — of wind: blowing in gusts
- Hungarian: viharos — of wind: blowing in gusts
- Irish: séideánach — of wind: blowing in gusts
- Māori: titipārera — of wind: blowing in gusts
- Māori: titipārerarera — of wind: blowing in gusts
- Māori: tītitipārerarera — of wind: blowing in gusts
- Polish: porywisty — of wind: blowing in gusts
- Russian: поры́вистый (porývistyj) — of wind: blowing in gusts
- Welsh: hyrddiog — of wind: blowing in gusts