uncocking
uncocking is the present participle and gerund of uncock.
Meaning of uncock
Verb
uncock (third-person singular simple present uncocks, present participle uncocking, simple past and past participle uncocked)
- To straighten or flatten (remove a cocked shape).
- to uncock a hat
- To let down the cock of (a firearm).
- My heart jumped up amongst my lungs. I never waited for to look further, but uncocked my gun and went sneaking back on my tiptoes as fast as ever I could.1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VIII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC
- To open or spread from a cock or heap, as hay.
Questions about uncocking
- What is uncocking the present participle and gerund of?
- Uncocking is the present participle and gerund of uncock.
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