recock en · VERB
Etymology
From re- + cock.
Meanings
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(transitive) To cock (a firearm) again.
He recocked, fired again, and hit his adversary's abdomen. Mr. Dickinson bled to death over many hours, in terrible agony, according to accounts.
2007 December 17, Theo Emery, “Killed in a Duel, Then Lost in the Earth”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| recocking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| recocks | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| recocked | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| recocked | Tense=Past | lexicographic |