Cocking
[kɒkɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cock
(n.) Cockfighting.
Checker: Mara
Examples
- A name derived from the fanciful resemblance to the sound produced by cocking a rifle. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He struck out with his hand, and a revolver which the younger man was in the act of cocking clattered down upon the floor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Only a slight pressure on the trigger is necessary, as it is not required to perform the work of turning any other part by the trigger, as is the case in the self-cocking revolver. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He was deliberately cocking his pistol, and, in the momentary silence that followed George's speech, he fired at him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He then stopped as though waiting for my reply, pricking up his antennae-like ears and cocking his strange-looking eyes still further toward me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
Checker: Mara