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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
recock .
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Examples
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Wendra recocked the rifle, holding it ready as she continued to survey the quarasote plains around her.
Darkness Modesitt, L. E. 2003
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You know, after what has been described as a pause sort of speak in the last week as they sort of recalibrated and recocked.
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Another would have followed suit, for the captain had recocked his pistol, and was in the act of taking aim, when a stern, commanding voice exclaimed, in accents that rang through the ship --
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Without a sign of annoyance or agitation, the trapper recocked the gun, again pulled the trigger, and with the same result.
The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains Archibald Webb 1859
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Kobobel rammed him with his car, but the robber jumped right back up and recocked his gun, he said.
chron.com Chronicle 2011
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There are three types of revolvers: '' 'single action revolvers' '' must be manually recocked after each shot (which also rotates the next chamber to align with the barrel); '' 'double action revolvers' '' have a mechanism which automatically cocks and rotates the cylinder when the trigger is pulled;
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There are three types of revolvers: '' 'single action revolvers' '' must be manually recocked after each shot (which also rotates the next chamber to align with the barrel); '' 'double action revolvers' '' have a mechanism which automatically cocks and rotates the cylinder when the trigger is pulled;
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There are three types of revolvers: single action revolvers must be manually recocked after each shot (which also rotates the next chamber to align with the barrel); double action revolvers have a mechanism which automatically cocks and rotates the cylinder when the trigger is pulled; automatic revolvers have a mechanism that uses the recoil energy to rotate the cylinder and cock the revolver for the next shot.
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There are two types of revolvers: single action revolvers must be manually recocked after each shot (which also rotates the next chamber to align with the barrel);
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] DanielPulido 2010
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There are two types of revolvers: single action revolvers must be manually recocked after each shot (which also rotates the next chamber to align with the barrel); double action revolvers have a mechanism which automatically cocks and rotates the cylinder when the trigger is pulled.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] DanielPulido 2010
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