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half-cocked

[haf-kokt] / ˈhæfˈkɒkt /




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To Rafael’s bildungsroman amid half-cocked terrorists and a love triangle with their leaders, add a spy-novel parody, a kaleidoscopic Christ narrative, a battery of literary references and a portrait of Cuban life under socialism.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022

If the hammer was quarter or half-cocked, the gun “could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger,” per the report cited by ABC News.

From Washington Times • Aug. 13, 2022

Others were also unenthusiastic, with Henry Hitchings giving it two stars in The Evening Standard, and The Hollywood Reporter describing it as "half-cocked".

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2018

Mrs. Ambrose, it continued, “helped put an end to the image of the D.C. Council as a refuge for small-bore politicians given to going off half-cocked on marginal issues.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2017

She was watching him with her head half-cocked, and he noticed a sly smile turning up the corners of her mouth.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo