weathercock
IPA: wˈɛðɝkɑk
noun
- A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
- (figuratively) One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
- (chiefly Canada, US) 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.
verb
- (intransitive, of a boat) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides.
- (intransitive, of an airplane or missile) To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind.
- (transitive) To act as a weathercock for.
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Examples of "weathercock" in Sentences
- Check the weathercock right now.
- The man measured the weathercock.
- The weathercock tells the way of wind.
- There are weathercocks near the ocean.
- Where is the weathercock in this town
- He likes how the tower has weathercock.
- It is decorated with a distinctive weathercock.
- The man checks the weathercock every single day.
- Many churches have a weathercock on the tower or spire.
- From the street level the size of many weathercocks is deceptive.
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