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English
Etymology
half + cock
Noun
halfcock (uncountable)
- (firearms) The position when the cock of a gun is 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.
Translations
Verb
halfcock (third-person singular simple present halfcocks, present participle halfcocking, simple past and past participle halfcocked)
- (firearms) To set the cock of a firearm at the first notch.
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