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half-cock::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | confusedness, confusion, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness |
Examples of half-cock
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O'Driscoll looked a faded force in the first-half, clunky, half-cock and vulnerable.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It was also demonstrated that Brocius'pistol could be fired from half-cock.
From the en.wikipedia.org
One simple answer is that there are more elections now, and that some go off at half-cock.
From the economist.com
When the pistol is charged, the firing pin is in the half-cock position.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Even privatisation, which started only in the early 1990s, has often been a half-cock affair.
From the economist.com
Half-cock was a safety position, used when loading, storing or carrying a loaded flintlock.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The hen is much smaller, weighing about half as much as the cock.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The reforms it is now introducing are watered-down and half-cock, but better than no reforms at all.
From the economist.com
I suspect, though, that real reform would have been easier if they hadn't gone off half-cock in the first place.
From the economist.com
