uncock

present singular third person uncocks · participle present uncocking · participle past uncocked · past uncocked

1. To straighten or flatten (remove a cocked shape).

   to uncock a hat

2. transitiveTo let down the cock of (a firearm).

   My heart jumped up amongst my lungs. I never waited for to look further, but uncocked my gun and went sneaking back on my tiptoes as fast as ever I could.

   1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VIII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC

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   And d'Artagnan set the example. Then, turning toward Planchet, he made him a sign to uncock his musketoon. The Englishmen, convinced of these peaceful proceedings, sheathed their swords grumblingly.

   1844, Alexandre Dumas (translated by William Robson), The Three Musketeers Chapter 27

   Synonyms: decock · Antonyms: cock

3. To open or spread from a cock or heap, as hay.