Upbreeze

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A breeze that blows upward.

    "He twisted and turned in the upbreeze desperately trying to right himself, trying to cling to the finely smooth exterior of the marble citadel walls only to crash land into a rather large hedge in the gardens […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    upwind not-comparable

    "The brown fur was sleek, and the ears twitched a little while the nose worked, but Cole was upbreeze so the rabbit couldn't smell anything except Zeke, wherever Zeke was."

Example

More examples

"The brown fur was sleek, and the ears twitched a little while the nose worked, but Cole was upbreeze so the rabbit couldn't smell anything except Zeke, wherever Zeke was."

Etymology

From up- + breeze.

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