cold-cock
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[edit]Noun
[edit]cold-cock (plural cold-cocks)
- Alternative form of cold cock
Verb
[edit]cold-cock (third-person singular simple present cold-cocks, present participle cold-cocking, simple past and past participle cold-cocked)
- (slang, transitive) To hit someone with a cold cock.
- (slang, transitive) To hit someone with a club, bottle, or any object that gives additional force to the blow.
- (slang, transitive) To knock someone unconscious.
- 1992, Ken Kesey, Sailor Song, page 153:
- "I can't believe it. You cold-cocked the big stud." "He blindsided and cold-cocked him," Greer said proudly.