[{"word":"weathercock","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(Chiefly US and Canada) A wind pump style where the top of it behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but also with a wheel attached to measure wind speed.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"(of a boat) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(of an airplane or missile) To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To act as a weathercock for.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/weathercock"]}]