cocking

Speech parts

1. cocking - Noun

2. cocking - Adjective

3. cocking - Verb

5. Cocking - Proper noun

Meaning

Cockfighting.

of Cock

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Examples

My door was never locked, Until one day a trigger come cocking. (But now I've started learning how,) I keep it shut. Kate Bush

After each shot, a user was advised to raise his revolver vertically while cocking back the hammer so as to allow the fragments of the spent percussion cap to fall out safely. Source: Internet

Anita said she mistook the cocking of the gun for the sound of his typewriter keys and hung up as he fired. Source: Internet

After Brett stabbed and strangled his mother to death, he set about cocking the crossbow. Source: Internet

In a striker-fired pistol, a spring-loaded firing pin is partially cocked by the movement of the slide, with the rest of the cocking taking place when the trigger is pulled. Source: Internet

Double action is good for high-stress situations because it allows a mode of carry in which "draw and pull the trigger" is the only requirement—no safety catch release nor separate cocking stroke is required. Source: Internet

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