"weathercock" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-weathercock.wav Forms: weathercocks [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English wetharcoke, weþercok, wedercoc, wederkok, equivalent to weather + cock. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wetharcoke}} Middle English wetharcoke, {{com|en|weather|cock}} weather + cock Head templates: {{en-noun}} weathercock (plural weathercocks)
  1. A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel. Categories (topical): Wind Translations (weather vane): ветропоказател (vetropokazatel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 風標 (Chinese Mandarin), 风标 (fēngbiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), vejrhane [common-gender] (Danish), windhaan [masculine] (Dutch), weerhaan [masculine] (Dutch), ventoflago (Esperanto), tuulelipp (Estonian), tuuliviiri [general] (Finnish), tuulikukko (cockerel-formed) (Finnish), girouette [feminine] (French), Wetterfahne [feminine] (German), ανεμοδείκτης (anemodeíktis) [masculine] (Greek), szélkakas (Hungarian), coileach gaoithe [masculine] (Irish), galletto segnavento [masculine] (Italian), 風見鶏 (kazamidori) (Japanese), ве́троказ (vétrokaz) [masculine] (Macedonian), vithouette [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), vêrhane [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kurek [masculine] (Polish), cata-vento [masculine] (Portuguese), флю́гер (fljúger) [masculine] (Russian), veleta [feminine] (Spanish), väderhane [common-gender] (Swedish), vindflöjel [common-gender] (Swedish), pabiling (Tagalog), girimpula (Tagalog), banoglawin (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-weathercock-en-noun-LciYRnNI Disambiguation of Wind: 39 2 38 14 6 0 Disambiguation of 'weather vane': 55 3 42
  2. (figuratively) One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person. Tags: figuratively Translations (a fickle, inconstant person): vendekåbe [common-gender] (Danish), vejrhane [common-gender] (Danish), tuulelipp (Estonian), tuisupea (Estonian), tuuliviiri (Finnish), szélkakas (Hungarian), banderuola [feminine] (Italian), vêrhane [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), biruta de aeroporto [feminine, informal] (Portuguese), veleta (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-weathercock-en-noun-b9aKEm-N Disambiguation of 'a fickle, inconstant person': 13 76 11
  3. (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. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Wind
    Sense id: en-weathercock-en-noun-ZD~XyzUr Disambiguation of Wind: 39 2 38 14 6 0 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 16 46 29 3 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 12 53 22 5 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 16 43 30 4 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 16 44 32 3 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 5 16 46 22 8 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 3 11 63 17 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 13 41 25 8 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 3 12 51 23 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 15 20 40 15 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 15 49 21 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 13 42 26 8 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 13 48 23 6 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 14 11 42 20 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 20 17 41 13 6 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 5 15 50 20 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 13 47 26 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 12 51 24 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 15 20 40 15 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 11 45 18 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 16 20 40 15 6 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 2 15 51 28 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 15 41 22 11 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 20 41 16 6 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 12 51 24 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 13 48 26 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 4 16 47 22 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 5 16 46 22 7 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: weathervane, weather vane, windsock, wind sock

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-weathercock.wav Forms: weathercocks [present, singular, third-person], weathercocking [participle, present], weathercocked [participle, past], weathercocked [past]
Etymology: From Middle English wetharcoke, weþercok, wedercoc, wederkok, equivalent to weather + cock. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wetharcoke}} Middle English wetharcoke, {{com|en|weather|cock}} weather + cock Head templates: {{en-verb}} weathercock (third-person singular simple present weathercocks, present participle weathercocking, simple past and past participle weathercocked)
  1. (intransitive, of a boat) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Wind
    Sense id: en-weathercock-en-verb-FFQmqB0l Disambiguation of Wind: 39 2 38 14 6 0
  2. (intransitive, of an airplane or missile) To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-weathercock-en-verb-ovY-36L7
  3. (transitive) To act as a weathercock for. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-weathercock-en-verb-3A9n17Zi

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "weather vane",
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      "sense": "weather vane",
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      "sense": "weather vane",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "weather vane",
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      "sense": "weather vane",
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      "sense": "weather vane",
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      "word": "biruta de aeroporto"
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      "code": "es",
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        "To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides."
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        "(transitive) To act as a weathercock for."
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