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Weathercock

Weath′er-cockˊ

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Noun.
1.
A vane, or weather vane; – so called because originally often in the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a spire with the wind, and showing its direction.
“As a wedercok that turneth his face with every wind.”
Chaucer.
Noisy
weathercocks
rattled and sang of mutation.
Longfellow.
2.
Hence, any thing or person that turns easily and frequently; one who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.

Weath′er-cockˊ

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Verb.
T.
To supply with a weathercock; to serve as a weathercock for.
Whose blazing wyvern
weathercock
the spire.
Tennyson.

Definition 2024

weathercock

weathercock

English

Noun

weathercock ‎(plural weathercocks)

  1. A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
  2. (figuratively) One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.

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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.

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