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uncocks

uncocks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of uncock.

Meaning of uncock

Verb

uncock (third-person singular simple present uncocks, present participle uncocking, simple past and past participle uncocked)

  1. To straighten or flatten (remove a cocked shape).
    • to uncock a hat
  2. (transitive) 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
    Synonyms:
    decock
    Antonyms:
    cock
  3. To open or spread from a cock or heap, as hay.

Questions about uncocks

What is uncocks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Uncocks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of uncock.

Words near uncocks in the dictionary

  1. uncockable
  2. uncockaded
  3. uncocked
  4. uncocking
  5. uncockneyfied
  6. uncocks
  7. uncocoon
  8. uncocooned
  9. uncocooning
  10. uncocoons
  11. uncoddled

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