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half-cocked

half-cocked adjective: not fully cocked.

Adjective

half-cocked (not comparable)

  1. Not fully cocked.
  2. Not fully prepared.

Synonyms of half-cocked

Words formed from half-cocked

Phrases with half-cocked

Questions about half-cocked

What does half-cocked mean?
Half-cocked means not fully cocked.
What part of speech is half-cocked?
Half-cocked is an adjective.

Words near half-cocked in the dictionary

  1. half-chair
  2. half-chance
  3. half-chances
  4. half-clammed
  5. half-cock
  6. half-cocked
  7. half-colonel
  8. half-colonels
  9. half-court
  10. half-court line
  11. half-court lines

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