| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: halfcocking, halfcocked, halfcocks, halfcocker, halfcockers, halfcockingly and halfcockedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HALFCOCK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
| Note: Halfcock \Half"cock`\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Halfcocked; present participle verb or noun Halfcocking.]. (references) |
