half-cock

1. 1.

   confusion resulting from lack of preparation

   Broaderconfusion

Questions about half-cock

What does half-cock mean?

half-cock means "confusion resulting from lack of preparation".

How many syllables are in half-cock?

half-cock has 2 syllables: half--cock. The stress falls on "half-". In IPA it is /ˈhæfˌkɑk/.

Is half-cock a common word?

half-cock is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with half-cock?

10 words rhyme with half-cock. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.