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weathercock
noun
verb
A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 11
- Starts with
- W
- Ends with
- K
- Contains
- EATHERCOC
- Scrabble score
- 25
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
noun
A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
(Chiefly US and Canada) A wind pump style where the top of it behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but also with a wheel attached to measure wind speed.
verb
(of a boat) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides.
(of an airplane or missile) To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind.
To act as a weathercock for.