recock

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verb

To cock (a firearm) again.

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Meanings

verbrecock (third-person singular simple present recocks, present participle recocking, simple past and past participle recocked)

present singular third person recocks · participle present recocking · participle past recocked · past recocked

  1. transitiveTo cock (a firearm) again.

    He recocked, fired again, and hit his adversary's abdomen. Mr. Dickinson bled to death over many hours, in terrible agony, according to accounts.

    2007 December 17, Theo Emery, “Killed in a Duel, Then Lost in the Earth”, in New York Times

Origin

From re- + cock.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

cocker
Cite this entry
APA

recock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recock

MLA

“recock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recock. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recock,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recock.

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