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recocks

recocks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of recock.

Meaning of recock

Verb

recock (third-person singular simple present recocks, present participle recocking, simple past and past participle recocked)

  1. (transitive) To cock (a firearm) again.
    • He recocked, fired again, and hit his adversary's abdomen. Mr. Dickinson bled to death over many hours, in terrible agony, according to accounts.2007 December 17, Theo Emery, “Killed in a Duel, Then Lost in the Earth”, in New York Times

Questions about recocks

What is recocks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Recocks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of recock.

Words near recocks in the dictionary

  1. recobbles
  2. recobbling
  3. recock
  4. recocked
  5. recocking
  6. recocks
  7. recoct
  8. recocted
  9. recocting
  10. recoction
  11. recocts

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