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Half-cock   /hæf-kɑk/   Listen
Half-cock

noun
1.
Confusion resulting from lack of preparation.



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go off at half-cock


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"Half-cock" Quotes from Famous Books



... occur by carrying the piece with the cock down on the nipple. Three-fourths of all the gun accidents are owing to this cause; for a blow on the back of the cock is almost sure to explode the cap, while a gun at half-cock ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 8, No. 50, December, 1861 • Various
... at half-cock, and don't hear me out. God made us all, white, black, and red; and, no doubt, had his own wise intentions in coloring us differently. Still, he made us, in the main, much the same in feelin's; though I'll not deny that he gave ...
— The Deerslayer • James Fenimore Cooper


Words linked to "Half-cock" :   mental confusion, disarray, confusion, confusedness, muddiness


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