half-cockedadj.

Etymology: See half cock at cock v.² 2.

a. Of a gun: at half-cock.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adjective] > cocked or half-cocked

cocked1650

full-cocked1786

half-cocked1848

1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) iv. ii. 206 The burghers gazed..as a wary housewife does at a gun, fearful it may go off half-cocked.

b. Partly intoxicated. dial. and slang.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > partially drunk

merrya1382

semi-bousyc1460

pipe merry1542

totty1570

tipsy1577

martin-drunk1592

pleasant1596

mellow1611

tip-merry1612

flustered1615

lusticka1616

well to live1619

jolly1652

happy1662

hazy1673

top-heavy1687

hearty1695

half-seas-over1699

oiled1701

mellowish1703

half channelled over1709

drunkish1710

half-and-half1718

touched1722

uppisha1726

tosie1727

bosky1730

funny1751

fairish1756

cherry-merry1769

in suds1770

muddy1776

glorious1790

groggified1796

well-corned1800

fresh1804

to be mops and brooms1814

foggy1816

how-come-ye-so1816

screwy1820

off the nail1821

on (also, esp. in early use, upon) the go1821

swipey1821

muggy1822

rosy1823

snuffy1823

spreeish1825

elevated1827

up a stump1829

half-cockedc1830

tightish1830

tipsified1830

half shaved1834

screwed1837

half-shot1838

squizzed1845

drinky1846

a sheet in the wind1862

tight1868

toppy1885

tiddly1905

oiled-up1918

bonkers1943

sloshed1946

tiddled1956

hickey-

c1830 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 54 Half-cock'd and canty, hyem we gat.

1886 W. H. Long Dict. Isle of Wight Dial. 120 All on 'em was about half cocked.

1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. vii. 54 This last drink reduced Mr. Villiers to that mixed state which is known in colonial phrase as half-cocked.

1910 Dial. Notes 3 vi. 453 Half-cocked,..Half drunk.

c. to go off half-cocked: to speak or act prematurely. U.S. colloq.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [verb (intransitive)] > be premature (in acting)

to go off half-cocked1833

break1897

to beat (also jump) the gun1933

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > act or speak without preparation [verb (intransitive)]

to go off half-cocked1833

1833 Deb. Congr. U.S. 31 Jan. 1521 The gentleman from Maryland has gone off half cocked.

1877 J. Habberton Jericho Road xvi. 152 Just like you, always goin' off half-cocked.

1920 S. Lewis Main St. 349 Well—I don't suppose I ought to have gone off half-cocked, and not jollied him along.

1940 E. Pound Let. 14 Mar. (1971) 340 No use my going off half-cocked on large subjects whereon I have not yet arrived at conclusion.

d. Incompletely prepared or realized. Also quasi-adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > incompletely prepared

half-cocked1946

1946 M. Shulman Zebra Derby (1947) viii. 45 You know, we're not going into this thing half-cocked.

1953 A. Upfield Murder must Wait xxi. 186 I've a half-cocked kind of idea.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2016).

单词	half-cocked
释义	half-cockedadj. Etymology: See half cock at cock v.² 2. a. Of a gun: at half-cock. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adjective] > cocked or half-cocked cocked1650 full-cocked1786 half-cocked1848 1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) iv. ii. 206 The burghers gazed..as a wary housewife does at a gun, fearful it may go off half-cocked. b. Partly intoxicated. dial. and slang. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > partially drunk merrya1382 semi-bousyc1460 pipe merry1542 totty1570 tipsy1577 martin-drunk1592 pleasant1596 mellow1611 tip-merry1612 flustered1615 lusticka1616 well to live1619 jolly1652 happy1662 hazy1673 top-heavy1687 hearty1695 half-seas-over1699 oiled1701 mellowish1703 half channelled over1709 drunkish1710 half-and-half1718 touched1722 uppisha1726 tosie1727 bosky1730 funny1751 fairish1756 cherry-merry1769 in suds1770 muddy1776 glorious1790 groggified1796 well-corned1800 fresh1804 to be mops and brooms1814 foggy1816 how-come-ye-so1816 screwy1820 off the nail1821 on (also, esp. in early use, upon) the go1821 swipey1821 muggy1822 rosy1823 snuffy1823 spreeish1825 elevated1827 up a stump1829 half-cockedc1830 tightish1830 tipsified1830 half shaved1834 screwed1837 half-shot1838 squizzed1845 drinky1846 a sheet in the wind1862 tight1868 toppy1885 tiddly1905 oiled-up1918 bonkers1943 sloshed1946 tiddled1956 hickey- c1830 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 54 Half-cock'd and canty, hyem we gat. 1886 W. H. Long Dict. Isle of Wight Dial. 120 All on 'em was about half cocked. 1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. vii. 54 This last drink reduced Mr. Villiers to that mixed state which is known in colonial phrase as half-cocked. 1910 Dial. Notes 3 vi. 453 Half-cocked,..Half drunk. c. to go off half-cocked: to speak or act prematurely. U.S. colloq. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [verb (intransitive)] > be premature (in acting) to go off half-cocked1833 break1897 to beat (also jump) the gun1933 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > act or speak without preparation [verb (intransitive)] to go off half-cocked1833 1833 Deb. Congr. U.S. 31 Jan. 1521 The gentleman from Maryland has gone off half cocked. 1877 J. Habberton Jericho Road xvi. 152 Just like you, always goin' off half-cocked. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. 349 Well—I don't suppose I ought to have gone off half-cocked, and not jollied him along. 1940 E. Pound Let. 14 Mar. (1971) 340 No use my going off half-cocked on large subjects whereon I have not yet arrived at conclusion. d. Incompletely prepared or realized. Also quasi-adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > incompletely prepared half-cocked1946 1946 M. Shulman Zebra Derby (1947) viii. 45 You know, we're not going into this thing half-cocked. 1953 A. Upfield Murder must Wait xxi. 186 I've a half-cocked kind of idea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2016). < adj.c1830
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