Definition of Half-cock

1. Noun. Confusion resulting from lack of preparation.

Generic synonyms: Confusedness, Confusion, Disarray, Mental Confusion, Muddiness

Lexicographical Neighbors of Half-cock

half-brained
half-break
half-bred
half-breed
half-brethren
half-brother
half-brothers
half-caste
half-castes
half-cell
half-cells
half-century
half-chair form
half-chance
half-clothed
half-cock (current term)
half-cocked
half-court line
half-court violation
half-cousin
half-cousins
half-crazed
half-crown
half-deck
half-diminished seventh chord
half-diminished seventh chords
half-dollar
half-dollars
half-dozen
half-duplex

Literary usage of Half-cock

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dansk-norsk-engelsk Ordbog by Johannes Magnussen (1902)
"... a: half-cock; lad mig vare i — don't trouble m* tag det med — take it coolly, easy; han har ingen — paa sig he is never at rest; slaa sig lii Ro [vt ..."

2. A Naval Encyclopædia: Comprising a Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases (1880)
"Arms should be habitually carried at half-cock, as in that state lb,7 are less liable ... ofat half-cock, a metaphorical expression 5', speech, or action, ..."

3. Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa: Being an Account of a by Francis Galton (1889)
"For travelling purposes, I do not approve of carrying a gun half-cock, ... the half-cock very frequently becomes full-cock without their knowing it, ..."

4. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1805)
"... of the bearing face of the tumbler at whole cock, is larger than that through which the extremity of the bearing face of half cock ..."

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