Cock and Set

Cock

Cock verb - Set the trigger of a firearm back for firing.
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Synonyms for Cock

Set and cock are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Set" instead a verb "Cock".

Set

Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.

Cock and set are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cock" instead a verb "Set".

Nearby Words: setup, setting

How words are described

old old cock old set
full full cock full set
nice nice cock nice set
long long cock long set
Other adjectives: massive, large, big, huge, famous, classic, last, giant.

Both words in one sentence

  • Perhaps nerves played a role, but the bigger problem was that he'd forgotten to set his weapon to full cock, and didn't realize it until a team member pointed it out.
  • Radar / Live-Action TV Right next to Kripke's head is a set of complex nested brackets and maths terms drawn to look like the classic toilet-wall "cock-and-balls".
  • By a Papal enactment made in the middle of the 9th century, the figure of a cock was set up on every church steeple as the emblem of St Peter.
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