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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(firearms) The position when the cock of a gun is at the first notch..
This was bad both for the alibi reshoots it caused and subsequent delays in a match, but if the hammer fell to halfcock enough times, the half-cock notch would mar the sear tip, adversely affecting trigger pull.
Use half cock when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Half cock means (firearms) The position when the cock of a gun is at the first notch..
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This was bad both for the alibi reshoots it caused and subsequent delays in a match, but if the hammer fell to halfcock enough times, the half-cock notch would mar the sear tip, adversely affecting trigger pull.
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