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Webster 1913 Edition
Halfcock
Half′cockˊ
(-kŏkˊ)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Halfcocked
(-kŏkt)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Halfcocking
.] To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.
To go off half-cocked
, To go off halfcocked
(a)
To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger at half cock; – said of a firearm.
(b)
To do or say something without due thought or care.
[Colloq. or Low]
Definition 2024
halfcock
halfcock
English
Noun
halfcock (uncountable)
- The position when the cock of a gun as at the first notch.
- 2010, Patrick Sweeney, 1911 The First 100 Years: The First 100 Years
- This was bad both for the alibi reshoots it caused and subsequent delays in a match, but if the hammer fell to halfcock enough times, the half-cock notch would mar the sear tip, adversely affecting trigger pull.
- 2010, Patrick Sweeney, 1911 The First 100 Years: The First 100 Years
Translations
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Verb
halfcock (third-person singular simple present halfcocks, present participle halfcocking, simple past and past participle halfcocked)
- To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch