cocking
noun C2- A boastful tilt; the act of cocking something. · cockings of the head
Plural cockings
From the library
“No clue?” asked Holmes, cocking his eye at the Colonel.
Drop it!” He struck out with his hand, and a revolver which the younger man was in the act of cocking clattered down upon the floor.
“Hist!” cried Holmes, and I heard the sharp click of a cocking pistol.
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