WEATHERCOCK


Meaning of WEATHERCOCK in English

I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: Middle English wedercoc, from weder weather + cok, coc cock

1.

a. : a vane often in the figure of a cock mounted so as to turn freely with the wind and show its direction

b. : a person or thing that changes readily or often : one who veers with every change of current opinion

weathercocks before the prevailing winds of doctrine — Scribner's

2. : jewelweed a

II. transitive verb

1. : to supply with a weathercock

weathercock a steeple

2. : to serve as a weathercock for

weathercock the forces of revolution

intransitive verb

: to behave like a weathercock ; specifically of an airplane : to turn into the wind

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