windsucker

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windsucker

/ˈwɪndsʌkə(ɹ)/ US, UK

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From wind + sucker. Where the bird or term of abuse sense is concerned, some believe the word is a recent bowdlerization of windfucker; however, it appears since at least the 17th century. See the etymology of windfucker.

noun windsuckers · wind-sucker

A horse with the habit of windsucking. In a later case a Horse was bought warranted "sound and free from vice," and an action was brought against the vendor on the ground of its being a Crib-biter and Wind-sucker[…]. Veterinary Surgeons were examined who said that the habit of Crib-biting was injurious to Horses; that the air sucked into
archaic The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). At the ſame time (over and above) ſhee thought that, in ſtead of a boye, (which ſhe desired) ſhe was deliverd and brought to bed of one of theſe kiſtrell birds, called a wind-ſucker.
archaic, derogatory A term of abuse. Cle[rimont] Did you ever hear ſuch a Wind-ſucker, as this? / Dau[phine] Or ſuch a Rook as the other! that will betray his Maſter to be ſeen. Come, 'tis time we prevented it.
Similar: fuckwind, windfucker, windhover

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@misc{windsucker_2026,
  title = {windsucker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/windsucker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}