cock - use in sentences

Object

  • snoot: Also of course Iran is cocking a snoot at the US and Britain.
  • hat: They beat Harry Potter into a cocked hat, I'm afraid.
  • pistol: Blue; two cocked flintlock pistols in saltire proper.
  • hammer: Sir Arthur drew his revolver and cocked the hammer.
  • shutter: The exposure can be set only with the shutter cocked.

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