Definition of half-cock in English:

half-cock

noun

The partly raised position of the cock of a gun.
although the hammer has a half-cock position, I would not carry this pistol with a chambered round
Example sentencesExamples
- As he listened to their conversation, through a bug he planted, he pulled the hammer of his revolver back to half-cock and gently pushed out the loading gate.
- With the old Colt, it was possible to place the hammer on half-cock, rotate the cylinder, listen for the click and know that the chamber was lined up perfectly under the loading gate for either shucking a fired round or reloading a fresh one.
- It was later differentiated from the ‘true’ flintlock by firearms scholars for whom the ‘true’ and original snaphaunce lock had a steel separate from the pan cover and a cock incapable of the half-cock safety position.
- Gone was the half-cock notch on the hammer and instead of bringing the hammer to half-cock to rotate the cylinder, it could now be revolved simply by opening the loading gate.
- Let's assume someone is loading the revolver properly with the hammer at its half-cock position.

Phrases

at half-cock

1(of a gun) with the cock partly raised.
Example sentencesExamples
- Should I keep it at half cock with the safety on?
- We test that by putting the hammer at half-cock, then suspending the gun by the trigger, so that the entire weight of the gun is bearing on the half-cock.
1. 1.1When only partly ready.
  the postponement saved the army from setting off another attack at half-cock
  Example sentencesExamples
  We've got this brand spanking-new ship working at half-cock.
  Unfortunately for the British, its plans had been revealed to the Haganah and the operation went off at half-cock.
  Which is that this is a competition gone off at half-cock, or rather, two competitions misfiring in unison.
  Never one to approach life at half-cock, she has indulged herself in jaunts here and there and the occasional spectacular jolly.
  Scott Barron and Owen Casey persisted with the annoying gesture in a meaningless one-set knock-up against McEnroe and Jeremy Bates, despite the fact that the foreign pair were probably on court under sufferance, and at half-cock.
  Synonyms
  rashly, overhastily, hastily, too soon, too early, precipitately, precipitously

单词	half-cock
释义	Definition of half-cock in English: half-cock noun The partly raised position of the cock of a gun. although the hammer has a half-cock position, I would not carry this pistol with a chambered round Example sentencesExamples As he listened to their conversation, through a bug he planted, he pulled the hammer of his revolver back to half-cock and gently pushed out the loading gate. With the old Colt, it was possible to place the hammer on half-cock, rotate the cylinder, listen for the click and know that the chamber was lined up perfectly under the loading gate for either shucking a fired round or reloading a fresh one. It was later differentiated from the ‘true’ flintlock by firearms scholars for whom the ‘true’ and original snaphaunce lock had a steel separate from the pan cover and a cock incapable of the half-cock safety position. Gone was the half-cock notch on the hammer and instead of bringing the hammer to half-cock to rotate the cylinder, it could now be revolved simply by opening the loading gate. Let's assume someone is loading the revolver properly with the hammer at its half-cock position. Phrases at half-cock 1(of a gun) with the cock partly raised. Example sentencesExamples Should I keep it at half cock with the safety on? We test that by putting the hammer at half-cock, then suspending the gun by the trigger, so that the entire weight of the gun is bearing on the half-cock. 1.1When only partly ready. the postponement saved the army from setting off another attack at half-cock Example sentencesExamples We've got this brand spanking-new ship working at half-cock. Unfortunately for the British, its plans had been revealed to the Haganah and the operation went off at half-cock. Which is that this is a competition gone off at half-cock, or rather, two competitions misfiring in unison. Never one to approach life at half-cock, she has indulged herself in jaunts here and there and the occasional spectacular jolly. Scott Barron and Owen Casey persisted with the annoying gesture in a meaningless one-set knock-up against McEnroe and Jeremy Bates, despite the fact that the foreign pair were probably on court under sufferance, and at half-cock. Synonyms rashly, overhastily, hastily, too soon, too early, precipitately, precipitously noun.1 phr.
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