uncock
English
Etymology
un- + cock
Verb
uncock (third-person singular simple present uncocks, present participle uncocking, simple past and past participle uncocked)
- To straighten or flatten (remove a cocked shape).
- to uncock a hat
- (transitive) To let down the cock of (a firearm).
- Synonym: decock
- Antonym: cock
- 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VIII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], OCLC 458431182:
- My heart jumped up amongst my lungs. I never waited for to look further, but uncocked my gun and went sneaking back on my tiptoes as fast as ever I could.
- 1844, Alexandre Dumas (translated by William Robson), The Three Musketeers Chapter 27
- And d'Artagnan set the example. Then, turning toward Planchet, he made him a sign to uncock his musketoon. The Englishmen, convinced of these peaceful proceedings, sheathed their swords grumblingly.
- To open or spread from a cock or heap, as hay.