(idiomatic, chiefly UK) To deal (with something) decisively, or to confront (it) head on. / (idiomatic, chiefly UK) To battle (with something).

(idiomatic) To acquiesce to or comply with a proposal, despite lacking a desire or value for it.

(nautical) A wind blowing against the direction of travel.

(nautical) A favourable wind, i.e. one blowing in the desired direction of travel for the vessel.

(idiomatic) To operate among dangerous people.

(meteorology, weather, aviation) A change of wind speed, direction, and magnitude over a short spatial distance.

Lagopus lagopus, a medium-sized bird in the grouse family.

A cocktail containing wine mixed with a smaller amount of cocaine.

(meteorology) A wind whose direction and speed are determined by a balance of the horizontal pressure gradient force and the force due to the earth's rotation to the left in the northern hemisphere and to the right in the southern hemisphere.

(meteorology) A horizontal wind velocity tangent to the contour line of a constant pressure surface (or to the isobar of a geopotential surface) at or above 2,500 feet (762 meters).