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Weathercock

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
  2. 2
    weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster wordnet
  3. 3
    One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person. figuratively
  4. 4
    A kind of wind pump whose top behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but which also has a wheel attached to measure wind speed. Canada, US
Verb
  1. 1
    To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides. intransitive
  2. 2
    To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind. intransitive
  3. 3
    To act as a weathercock for. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English wetharcoke, weþercok, wedercoc, wederkok, equivalent to weather + cock.

Etymology 2

From Middle English wetharcoke, weþercok, wedercoc, wederkok, equivalent to weather + cock.

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