cold-cock

verb

To hit someone with a cold cock.

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Meanings

nouncold-cock (plural cold-cocks)

plural cold-cocks

  1. alternativeAlternative form of cold cock.
verbcold-cock (third-person singular simple present cold-cocks, present participle cold-cocking, simple past and past participle cold-cocked)

present singular third person cold-cocks · participle present cold-cocking · participle past cold-cocked · past cold-cocked

  1. slangtransitiveTo hit someone with a cold cock.
  2. slangtransitiveTo hit someone with a club, bottle, or any object that gives additional force to the blow.
  3. slangtransitiveTo knock someone unconscious.

    "I can't believe it. You cold-cocked the big stud." "He blindsided and cold-cocked him," Greer said proudly.

    1992, Ken Kesey, Sailor Song, page 153
Cite this entry
APA

cold-cock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold-cock

MLA

“cold-cock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold-cock. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cold-cock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold-cock.

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