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weather cock

weather cock is the alternative form of weathercock.

Meaning of weathercock

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.
  3. (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.

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Forms of weather cock

pluralweather cocks

Questions about weather cock

What is weather cock the alternative form of?
Weather cock is the alternative form of weathercock.

Words near weather cock in the dictionary

  1. weather breeders
  2. weather chart
  3. weather charts
  4. weather cloth
  5. weather cloths
  6. weather cock
  7. weather cocks
  8. weather day
  9. weather days
  10. weather deck
  11. weather decks

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