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headwind

noun head·wind \ˈhed-ˌwind\

: a wind that is blowing toward something (such as a ship or an airplane) as it moves forward

Full Definition of HEADWIND

: a wind having the opposite general direction to a course of movement (as of an aircraft)

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First Known Use of HEADWIND

1926

Rhymes with HEADWIND

break wind, buckskinned, crosswind, downwind, exscind, prescind, rescind, tailwind, thick-skinned, thin-skinned, upwind, whirlwind, woodwind

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