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third-person singular simple present uncocks, present participle uncocking, simple past and past participle uncocked
To straighten or flatten (remove a cocked shape). examples
(transitive) To let down the cock of (a firearm). quotations examples
My heart jumped up amongst my lungs. I never waited for to look further, but uncocked my gun and went sneaking back on my tiptoes as fast as ever I could.
1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VIII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […]
And d'Artagnan set the example. Then, turning toward Planchet, he made him a sign to uncock his musketoon. The Englishmen, convinced of these peaceful proceedings, sheathed their swords grumblingly.
1844, Alexandre Dumas (translated by William Robson), The Three Musketeers Chapter 27
To open or spread from a cock or heap, as hay. examples