halfcock (English, verb)
expansion: halfcock (third-person singular simple present halfcocks, present participle halfcocking, simple past and past participle halfcocked)
Senses:
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: To set the cock of a firearm at the first notch.
Forms:
form: halfcocks
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: halfcocking
tags: participle
present
form: halfcocked
tags: participle
past
form: halfcocked
tags: past
form: half cock
tags: alternative
form: half-cock
tags: alternative