Recock

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To cock (a firearm) again. transitive

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

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

Etymology

From re- + cock.

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