halfcock
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edithalfcock (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.
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edithalfcock (third-person singular simple present halfcocks, present participle halfcocking, simple past and past participle halfcocked)