English

Windfucker in flight

Noun

windfucker ‎(plural windfuckers)

1. (obsolete) A common kestrel.
   • 1599, Thomas Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, page 49

     The kistrilles or windfuckers that filling themselues with winde, fly against the winde euermore.

     The kestrels or windfuckers that filling themselves with wind, fly against the wind evermore.

2. (derogatory, vulgar) Term of abuse.

Related terms

• fuckwind
• windhover

References

• “windfucker”, in OED Online, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.