Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

went off at half cock

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables
wen-t of-f at half -cock
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of go off at half cock

Questions

What does went off at half cock mean?
simple past of go off at half cock

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