A species of kookaburra, Dacelo leachii, of northern Australia and New Guinea.

(nautical) Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other.

plural of wind up

Alternative form of sow the wind, reap the whirlwind

(Internet) A problem in data transmission, where a server, unable to process all incoming data, repeatedly asks the clients to reduce the size of the packets they are sending — to the point where all packets become extremely small ("tinygrams") and transmission becomes inefficient.

(figuratively, vulgar) To waste time on a pointless or fruitless task; do something that is ineffective or counterproductive.

linsey-woolsey

plural of winceyette

(of horses) Having short breath or disordered respiration.

A defect of respiration in a horse, not associated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema.