slovo | definícia |
halfcocked (mass) | half-cocked
- neuvážený |
half-cocked (encz) | half-cocked,zbrklý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Halfcocked (gcide) | Halfcock \Half"cock`\ (-k[o^]k`), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Halfcocked(-k[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Halfcocking.]
To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.
[1913 Webster]
To go off half-cocked, To go off halfcocked.
(a) To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger at half
cock; -- said of a firearm.
(b) To do or say something without due thought or care.
[Colloq. or Low]
[1913 Webster] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
halfcocked (mass) | half-cocked
- neuvážený |
go off half-cocked (encz) | go off half-cocked, |
Halfcocked (gcide) | Halfcock \Half"cock`\ (-k[o^]k`), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Halfcocked(-k[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Halfcocking.]
To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.
[1913 Webster]
To go off half-cocked, To go off halfcocked.
(a) To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger at half
cock; -- said of a firearm.
(b) To do or say something without due thought or care.
[Colloq. or Low]
[1913 Webster] |
To go off half-cocked (gcide) | Halfcock \Half"cock`\ (-k[o^]k`), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Halfcocked(-k[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Halfcocking.]
To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.
[1913 Webster]
To go off half-cocked, To go off halfcocked.
(a) To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger at half
cock; -- said of a firearm.
(b) To do or say something without due thought or care.
[Colloq. or Low]
[1913 Webster] |
To go off halfcocked (gcide) | Halfcock \Half"cock`\ (-k[o^]k`), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Halfcocked(-k[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Halfcocking.]
To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.
[1913 Webster]
To go off half-cocked, To go off halfcocked.
(a) To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger at half
cock; -- said of a firearm.
(b) To do or say something without due thought or care.
[Colloq. or Low]
[1913 Webster] |
go off half-cocked (wn) | go off half-cocked
v 1: act prematurely or without reflection or too soon; "she
wanted to quit her job but her mother told her not to go
off half-cocked" [syn: go off half-cocked, {go off at
half-cock}] |
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