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hawk n. the cold winter wind.Man, just feel the hawk cut through you!It's the time of the year when the hawk rules! Mr. Hawkins n. the winter wind. (Originally Black.)We have an appointment with Mr. Hawkins in January.Put something on your head, or Mr. Hawkins will cut you down.
wind Ⅰ 1. noun ► a wind so sharp it cuts the whiskers right off your facea cold, hard wind CANADA, 1988.► get in the windto run quickly; to depart US, 1965.► get the windto smoke marijuana UK, 1998.► get the wind up; have the wind upto be nervous or scared UK, 1916.► in the windfree from prison US, 1992.► put the wind up someoneto make someone afraid UK, 1916.► take someone's windto kill someone US, 1974 2. verb ⇨ See: WINE Ⅱ ⇨ wine; wind verb while dancing, to gyrate the pelvis in a sexual manner TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1916
idiomwindbreak winda polite expression for when someone lets gas escape from their body, making an unpleasant smell and usually a noise:He broke wind loudly, causing his wife to purse her lips.A man standing in front of us broke wind right in the middle of the speech and got very embarrassed.get the wind up BrEBrE(often have the wind up)spoken to become worried or frightened about something:My mother's such a worrier - she gets the wind up as soon as I put my foot outside the door.At the first sign of unrest he got the wind up and sold off all his land in the area. —see also put the wind up sbget wind of sthto find out about something that other people wanted to be secret or private, especially accidentally or unofficially:OK. Let's get out of here before the Press get wind of what's happened.On Friday the company's shares jumped 2p to 32p as the market got wind of some kind of deal.get your/a second wind(also catch/find your second wind)to find the energy or strength to continue to do something or to develop further, after a period of being weak or tired:Dad started back down the hill, leaving the rest of us to get our second wind.Whatever second wind the economy is getting, it isn't a very strong one.sth is (blowing) in the windused in order to say that a plan or idea is likely to happen or be used but it is not definite yet :One idea in the wind is that Britain should host an environmental conference next summer.We didn't know exactly what was going on, but by the end of May we knew that there were some changes blowing in the wind.it's an ill wind (that blows no good)(also it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good BrE)spoken used in order to say that every problem or bad situation brings good things or advantages for someone:'It's an ill wind,' thought Claire. Micky's death was a tragedy, but at least it had healed the rift between his wife and his mother.Builders in the South-East were quick to see that it was an ill wind that did nobody any good, and worked overtime repairing the damage caused by the storm.leave sb twisting/swinging in the wind(also let sb twist/swing in the wind)to not help someone who is having serious problems, especially because you can gain an advantage from their problems ◆ often used in business and politics:Confident that Heath would fail in his attempts to form a government, the Labour Party decided to let him swing slowly in the wind.There was no indication that the US or Germany would cut interest rates, which left countries with weaker economies twisting in the wind.put the wind up sb BrEBrEspoken to make someone feel worried or frightened about something:His constant talking to himself really puts the wind up me.Our threat of taking legal action was enough to put the wind up the supplier. —see also get the wind uprun/go like the windto move very quickly:Once your attacker loosens his grip, you must hit hard and then run like the wind.Jean didn't usually drive fast, but on this particular Sunday the roads were clear and she went like the wind until she arrived at the clinic.sail close to the windto take a risk by doing or saying something that is almost dishonest or illegal, and that may cause problems for you:Ramon left quite a mess behind him when he disappeared. He'd been sailing close to the wind for years, although not even his closest friends knew.The company had quite a reputation for sailing close to the wind.see/know which way the wind is blowing(also see/know which way the wind blows)to find out what most people think about something, or what is likely to happen next in a situation, before you decide what to do:In this business you have to see which way the wind is blowing - what's in fashion and what isn't.Kimball is passionate about politics, and unconventional in that he doesn't need to know which way the wind blows before he states his opinion.be spitting/pissing in the windspoken to waste time and effort trying to do something that is impossible:I reckon he's just pissing in the wind as far as that job application goes.All these changes they're talking about making in the company structure - they're just spitting in the wind.NoteIt is much more polite to say spitting in the wind than to say pissing in the wind. take the wind out of sb's sailsto make someone feel much less confident about what they are doing or saying:Rumors of a price war are not likely to take the wind out of the sails of a business which came through the recession as easily as theirs did.Before Dad could speak, Mary began telling him about Aunt Joan's offer to pay for the wedding, which took the wind right out of his sails.whistling in the windwhen someone makes a promise, demand, or statement that has no effect or produces no useful results ◆ used especially in newspapers:The demand for a 40% pay raise had been whistling in the wind, because in the end they settled for half.Powerless groups trying to talk politics to the powerful is just whistling in the wind. If you are powerless you cannot force them to listen to what you say. —compare be spitting/pissing in the wind phrasewind[wound, wound, winding]
wind back
wind sth back • wind back sth if you wind back a tape on which sound or pictures etc are recorded, you make it move backwards towards its starting point, by pressing a button: Could you wind back the video to the beginning? The message on my answering machine wasn't very clear, so I wound the tape back and listened again.■ SIMILAR TO: rewind■ OPPOSITE: wind on
wind down 1. wind down • wind down sth • wind sth down if a company or organization winds down or you wind it down, it gradually does less work, especially before it is closed completely: America has been winding down its NATO bases here, following the end of the cold war. The original mill is winding down after over a hundred years in textile production.2. wind down • wind down sth • wind sth down if something that people are doing winds down, or if someone winds it down, they gradually do less of it, before stopping completely: The strikes, which had gone on for weeks, were gradually wound down before Christmas. Keller said he would be winding down his involvement in sport in the summer. The football season is winding down now, with only three weeks to go.3. wind down to gradually relax after you have been working or after you have been anxious or worried: Have a drink - you look like you need to wind down. After a tough day it's great to wind down in front of the TV and not to have anything to worry about.■ SIMILAR TO: unwind4. wind down if a clock or watch winds down, it gradually goes more and more slowly until it stops: The clock in the hall had wound down and stopped.■ SIMILAR TO: run down5. wind down sth • wind sth down BrE to open a car window by making the glass move down using a handle or a button: She wound down her window and called to me across the street.■ SIMILAR TO: roll down especially AmE■ OPPOSITE: wind up
wind forward
wind sth forward • wind forward sth especially BrE if you wind forward a tape on which sound or pictures etc are recorded, you make it move forward towards the end, by pressing a button: I wound the tape forward until I found the song I wanted to hear.■ SIMILAR TO: wind on■ OPPOSITE: wind back
wind on 1. wind sth on • wind on sth BrE if you wind on a tape on which sound or pictures are recorded, or a film in a camera, you make it move forward towards the end, by pressing a button: I wound the tape on to the next song. That photograph I took of you didn't come out - I must have forgotten to wind the film on.■ SIMILAR TO: wind forward■ OPPOSITE: wind back2. wind on if a period of time winds on, it gradually passes: It got colder and colder as the day wound on. The months wound on and still we'd had no news of our son.
wind up 1. wind sth up • wind up sth • wind up if you wind up a meeting or activity or it winds up, you end it or it ends: I walked in as Palmer was winding up the debate with an extremely clever and amusing speech. The Foreign Minister wound up a two-day visit by announcing an agreement with Havana. With a bit of luck, the meeting should wind up by about four o'clock.2. wind sth up • wind up sth usually passive BrE to reduce the activity of a business, organization etc until it closes completely: The department is being wound up and its responsibilities will be distributed elsewhere.■ SIMILAR TO: wind down3. wind up informal to get into a particular situation or place at the end of a long series of events and without wanting to: That's enough for one night or you'll wind up drunk. Stricter discipline is needed in order to stop children like these winding up in reform school or prison. If the situation continues, some doctors could wind up losing their jobs.■ SIMILAR TO: end up4. wind sb up • wind up sb informal, especially BrE to deliberately say or do something that you know will annoy or worry someone, because you think it is funny: Don't pay any attention to him! He's just winding you up! A lot of teenagers seem to enjoy winding up their parents.wind-up n C usually singular something that someone says or does deliberately to annoy another person: Are you serious, or is this just a wind-up?5. wind sb up • wind up sb informal if something winds you up, it annoys you: It really winds me up when people criticize things they know nothing about.■ SIMILAR TO: annoy, piss sb off informal6. be wound up BrE informal if someone is wound up, they feel tense and anxious and unable to relax+ about Sarah's very wound up about her interview next week.get wound up Try not to get too wound up about the exams.■ SIMILAR TO: be anxious, be nervous7. wind sth up • wind up sth to wrap something long such as string or hair around itself, so that it forms the shape of a ball: She wound her hair up and pinned it on top of her head.+ into The sales assistant cut of a length of wire and wound it up into a ball.8. wind sth up • wind up sth to make a clock, watch, or machine work, by turning a handle or key: It's a lovely old watch, but you have to remember to wind it up every day.wind-up adj always before noun operated by a key or handle that you turn in order to make it work: Valeria had an old wind-up gramophone and a collection of records.9. wind sth up • wind up sth BrE to close a car window by making the glass move upwards using a handle or a button: Tell me if you're cold in the back and I'll wind up the window.■ SIMILAR TO: roll up especially AmE■ OPPOSITE: wind down
wind something (up) (into something)to coil something up into a ball or similar shape. Tony wound all the string up into a ball. Wind up the string into a ball. Please wind this into a ball. See:- (as) swift as the wind
- a capful of wind
- a reed before the wind lives on(, while mighty oaks do fall)
- a second wind
- a straw in the wind
- a wind of change
- a wind/the winds of change
- as the wind blows
- bag of wind
- be blowing in the wind
- be in the wind
- be pissing in(to) the wind
- be scattered to the four winds
- be spitting in the wind
- be spitting in(to) the wind
- be whistling in the wind
- beat the air
- beat the wind
- before the wind
- bend in the wind
- bend with the wind
- between wind and water
- blow with the wind
- both sheets in the wind
- break wind
- broken wind
- candle in the wind
- cast stones against the wind
- close to the wind
- end up
- end up doing
- eye of the wind
- four sheets in the wind
- four sheets to the wind
- get a/(one's) second wind
- get the wind up (one)
- get wind of
- get wind of (something)
- get wind of something
- get wind of something, to
- get your second wind
- get/have the wind up
- go like the wind
- go, run, etc. like the wind
- gone with the wind
- have the wind up
- hoist your sail when the wind is fair
- how the wind blows
- how the wind lies
- ill wind that blows no one any good, it's an
- ill wind that blows no one any good, it's/'tis an
- in the eye of the wind
- in the wind
- it's an ill wind
- it's an ill wind that blows no good
- it's an ill wind that blows no one any good
- it's an ill wind that blows nobody (any) good
- it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
- It's an ill wind that blows nobody good
- knock the wind out of sails
- know which way the wind blows
- leave (one) to twist in the wind
- like greased lightning
- like the wind
- like the wind, go/run
- near the wind
- off the wind
- one's second wind
- out of breath
- piss in the wind
- piss in(to) the wind
- put the wind up
- put the wind up (someone)
- put the wind up somebody
- put the wind up someone
- raise the wind
- reed before the wind lives on, while mighty oaks do fall
- run like the wind
- sail against the wind
- sail before the wind
- sail close to (near) the wind, to
- sail close to the wind
- sail near the wind
- second wind
- second wind, to get one's
- see how the wind blows
- see how the wind is blowing
- see which way the wind blows
- see which way the wind is blowing
- something in the wind
- sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
- sow the wind, (and) reap the whirlwind
- spit in(to) the wind
- spitting in the wind
- straw in the wind
- straw(s) in the wind
- sure as the wind blows
- swift as an arrow
- take the wind out of (one's) sails
- take the wind out of one's sails
- take the wind out of sails
- take the wind out of somebody's sails
- take the wind out of someone’s sails
- take the wind out of someone's sails
- take the wind out of someone's sails, to
- the way the wind blows
- the way the wind is blowing
- the winds of change
- there's something in the wind
- three sheets in the wind
- three sheets in/to the wind
- three sheets to the wind
- throw caution to the wind
- throw caution to the wind(s)
- throw caution to the winds
- throw discretion to the wind(s)
- throw straws against the wind
- throw to the winds, to
- to the (four) wind(s)
- to the four winds
- to the wind
- twist (someone) around (one's) (little) finger
- twist around little finger
- twist around one's finger
- twist in the wind
- twist in the wind, be left to
- twist slowly in the wind
- twist/wind around one's little finger, to
- twist/wind/wrap somebody around/round your little finger
- two sheets to the wind
- under the wind
- up the wind
- way the wind blows, which
- which way the wind blows
- which way the wind blows, (to know)
- which way the wind is blowing
- which way the wind lies
- whistle (one) down the wind
- whistle (something) down the wind
- whistle in the wind
- whistle something down the wind
- wind
- wind (someone) around (one's) (little) finger
- wind (someone) round (one's) (little) finger
- wind around
- wind around one's finger
- wind at (one's) back
- wind back
- wind back the clock
- wind down
- wind in
- wind into
- wind off
- wind onto
- wind pudding and air dip
- wind through
- wind up
- wind up (by) (doing something)
- wind up in
- wind up with
- windbag
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