A truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind.

synonyms: air-sleeve, air sock, drogue, sock, wind cone, wind sleeve, windsock.

Roget 349: wind, draught, flatus, afflatus, efflation^†, eluvium^†; air; breath, breath of air; puff, whiff, zephyr; blow, breeze, drift; aura; stream, current, jet stream; undercurrent.    gust, blast, squall, gale, half a gale, storm, tempest, hurricane, whirlwind, tornado, samiel, cyclone, anticyclone, typhoon; simoon^†, simoom; harmattan^†, monsoon, trade wind, sirocco, mistral, bise^†, tramontane, levanter; capful of wind; fresh breeze, stiff breeze; keen blast; blizzard, barber [Can.], candelia^†, chinook, foehn, khamsin^†, norther, vendaval^†, wuther^†.    windiness etc. adj.; ventosity^†; rough weather, dirty weather, ugly weather, stress of weather; dirty sky, mare's tail; thick squall, black squall, white squall.    anemography^†, aerodynamics; wind gauge, weathercock, vane, weather-vane, wind sock; anemometer, anemoscope^†.    sufflation^†, insufflation^†, perflation^†, inflation, afflation^†; blowing, fanning etc. v.; ventilation.    sneezing etc. v.; errhine^†; sternutative^†, sternutatory^†; sternutation; hiccup, hiccough; catching of the breath.    Eolus, Boreas, Zephyr, cave of Eolus.    air pump, air blower, lungs, bellows, blowpipe, fan, ventilator, punkah^†; branchiae^†, gills, flabellum^†, vertilabrum^†.    whiffle ball.    ... show more

Roget 274: velocity, speed, celerity; swiftness etc. adj.; rapidity, eagle speed; expedition etc. (activity) 682; pernicity^†; acceleration; haste etc. 684.    spurt, rush, dash, race, steeple chase; smart rate, lively rate, swift rate etc. adj.; rattling rate, spanking rate, strapping rate, smart pace, lively pace, swift pace, rattling pace, spanking pace, strapping pace; round pace; flying, flight.    lightning, greased lightning, light, electricity, wind; cannon ball, rocket, arrow, dart, hydrargyrum [Lat.], quicksilver; telegraph, express train; torrent.    eagle, antelope, courser, race horse, gazelle, greyhound, hare, doe, squirrel, camel bird, chickaree^†, chipmunk, hackee [U.S.], ostrich, scorcher [Slang].    Mercury, Ariel^†, Camilla^†, Harlequin.    [Measurement of velocity] log, log line; speedometer, odometer, tachometer, strobe, radar speed detector, radar trap, air speed gauge, wind sock, wind speed meter; pedometer.    ... show more

Polish: rękaw, skarpeta