Adjective

1. Impending or in the offing; imminent.
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, act 3, sc. 1,

     There is something in the wind, that we cannot get in.

   • 1892, Rudyard Kipling, Barrack-room Ballads, "Tommy," line 31,

     There's trouble in the wind, my boys.

   • 2008, Fred Weir, "In Moscow, Rice signals warmer US-Russia ties," Christian Science Monitor, 19 Mar.,

     A grand strategic bargain between Russia and the US could be in the wind, after years of deteriorating relations.