Meaning & use
Cocked
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Tilted or turned to one side, or, of a firearm, set with the hammer raised ready to fire.
See it in a sentence
He walked in with his hat cocked at a jaunty angle.
The hunter kept his rifle cocked as he moved through the brush.
A note on using this word
The idiom 'knock into a cocked hat' means to defeat or ruin something completely.
Words with a similar meaning
tiltedprimed
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Raised the hammer of a firearm in preparation for firing.
She cocked the pistol before stepping through the doorway.
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