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weathercocked

weathercocked is the simple past and past participle of weathercock.

Meaning of weathercock

Verb

weathercock (third-person singular simple present weathercocks, present participle weathercocking, simple past and past participle weathercocked)

  1. (intransitive) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides.
  2. (intransitive) To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind.
  3. (transitive) To act as a weathercock for.

See all 6 meanings of weathercock

Questions about weathercocked

What is weathercocked the simple past and past participle of?
Weathercocked is the simple past and past participle of weathercock.

Words near weathercocked in the dictionary

  1. weathercast
  2. weathercaster
  3. weathercasters
  4. weathercasts
  5. weathercock
  6. weathercocked
  7. weathercocking
  8. weathercockish
  9. weathercocks
  10. weathercocky
  11. weatherdeck

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