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cold-cock

[ kohld-kok ]
/ ˈkoʊldˌkɒk /
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verb (used with object) Slang.
to knock (someone) unconscious, as with the fist.
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Origin of cold-cock

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby cold-cock

cold case, cold cash, cold cathode, cold cellar, cold chisel, cold-cock, cold color, cold comfort, cold cream, cold cut, cold cuts
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Words related to cold-cock

do in, hamstring, kayo, lay out

How to use cold-cock in a sentence

  • The cold cock must fly in his haste, spread himself on his streaming plumes, and sail into the wood's security.

    The White Peacock|D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
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