| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb halfcock.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (halfcock) | 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] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "HALFCOCKING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
