crosswind
/ˈkrɒswɪnd
/noun
A wind blowing across one’s direction of travel: a strong crosswind gusting to over thirty knots...
- Even a direct crosswind will resolve to a slight head wind.
- There are light crosswinds blowing off Lake Michigan which may account for some of the plane's erratic movements.
- This morning, the weather forecast called for really strong crosswinds.
- make a mess
- make a mess of
- make a mockery of
- make (a) mock of
- make a monkey of (or out of) someone
- make a mountain out of a molehill
- make a move
- make a move on (or put the moves on)
- make a muck of
- make a name for oneself
- make an ass of oneself
- make-and-break
- make an effort
- make an end of
- make an enemy of
- make an example of
- make an exhibition of oneself
- make an honest woman of
- make an issue of
- make a noise
- make an (or one's) entrance
- make a (or no) difference
- make a (or one's) fortune
- make a (or one's) pile
- make a pig of oneself