half cocked

half cocked
Synonyms and related words:
a bit previous, adolescent, advanced, amateur, amateurish, at half cock, callow, dabbling, dilettante, dilettantish, far ahead, fledgling, forward, green, half-assed, half-baked, half-grown, hasty, ill-considered, ill-digested, immature, impubic, impulsive, juvenile, not firm, overhasty, oversoon, precipitate, precocious, premature, previous, raw, rushed, sciolistic, shallow, smattering, sophomoric, superficial, too early, too soon, uncrystallized, underripe, unfledged, ungrown, unjelled, unmatured, unmeditated, unmellowed, unpremeditated, unprepared, unripe, unseasoned, untimely

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  • half cocked — also .half cock BrE [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: cock to get a gun ready to fire ] go off half cocked go off at half cock BrE to do something without enough thought or preparation, so that it is not successful …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • half-cocked — [haf′käkt΄] adj. having the hammer at half cock: said of a firearm ☆ go off half cocked 1. to go off too soon: said of a firearm 2. to speak or act thoughtlessly or too hastily: also go off at half cock …   English World dictionary

  • half-cocked — half′ cocked′ adj. mil (of a firearm) held in the position of half cock • go off half cocked Etymology: 1800–10 …   From formal English to slang

  • half-cocked — [ hæf kakt ] adjective go off half cocked AMERICAN INFORMAL to start doing something without being properly prepared, so that the results are not successful …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • half-cocked — 1. mod. unprepared. (See also go off half cocked.) □ So he’s half cocked. So what? □ You’re half cocked for everything you do. 2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. □ He just sat there, half cocked and singing …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • half-cocked — /haf kokt , hahf /, adj. 1. (of a firearm) at the position of half cock. 2. lacking mature consideration or enough preparation; ill considered or ill prepared; half baked. 3. go off half cocked, to act or happen prematurely: He went off half… …   Universalium

  • half-cocked — /haf ˈkɒkt/ (say hahf kokt) adjective 1. (of a firearm) at half cock. 2. ill prepared: a half cocked explanation. –phrase 3. go off half cocked, to begin an action without having the capacity or ability to finish it …  

  • half-cocked — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : being at half cock 2. : lacking clear or rational preparation, knowledge, or intention go off half cocked also : stupid, foolish half c …   Useful english dictionary

  • half-cocked — adjective Date: 1809 1. being at half cock 2. lacking adequate preparation or forethought < go off half cocked > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • half-cocked — See go off half cocked …   English idioms

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