"cold cock" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-cold cock.ogg [Australia] Forms: cold cocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cold cock (plural cold cocks)
  1. (slang) A small heavy object used to give additional force to a punch or other blow of the hand. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-cold_cock-en-noun-E~-9NxBQ

Verb

Audio: En-au-cold cock.ogg [Australia] Forms: cold cocks [present, singular, third-person], cold cocking [participle, present], cold cocked [participle, past], cold cocked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} cold cock (third-person singular simple present cold cocks, present participle cold cocking, simple past and past participle cold cocked)
  1. Alternative spelling of cold-cock Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: cold-cock Synonyms: coldcock, cold-cock
    Sense id: en-cold_cock-en-verb-DYp4-nWX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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