3syllables
weathercock
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Definitions ofweathercock
1noun
- 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.
1verb
- (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.
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