"halfcock" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2010, Patrick Sweeney, 1911 The First 100 Years: The First 100 Years",
          "text": "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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        "The position when the cock of a gun is at the first notch."
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          "gun",
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          "notch",
          "notch"
        ]
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        "(firearms) The position when the cock of a gun is at the first notch."
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "kaketū"
        }
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  "word": "halfcock"
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  "etymology_text": "half + cock",
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    },
    {
      "form": "halfcocking",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "halfcocked",
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    {
      "form": "halfcocked",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "go off halfcocked"
        }
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        "To set the cock of a firearm at the first notch."
      ],
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        "(firearms) To set the cock of a firearm at the first notch."
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  "word": "halfcock"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
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      "word": "kaketū"
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  ],
  "word": "halfcock"
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      "form": "halfcocked",
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        "To set the cock of a firearm at the first notch."
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        "(firearms) To set the cock of a firearm at the first notch."
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