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full cock
[ fool kok ]
noun
- the position of the hammer of a firearm when it is pulled back all the way, ready to be released and fall when the trigger is pulled: Compare half cock ( def ).
His rifle was at full cock, pointed directly at the intruder.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of full cock1
First recorded in 1740–50
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Example Sentences
On the very edge of the pool he again stopped and listened, holding his pistol at full cock.
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It was a double-barrelled gun, at full cock, and every man in the little crowd assembled carried one like it.
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Burns compared himself with such a companion to "a man travelling with a loaded blunderbuss at full cock."
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We kept out our guns at full cock and ready for use, and told Rogers to look out for arrows, for they would come now if ever.
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We decided to get our guns at full cock and then hail the camp, feeling that we had a little the advantage of position.
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