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Recock vs Decock - What's the difference?

recock | decock |

As verbs the difference between recock and decock

is that recock is to cock (a firearm) again while decock is to uncock, let down the cock of (a firearm).

recock

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To cock (a firearm) again.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=December 17, author=Theo Emery, title=Killed in a Duel, Then Lost in the Earth, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=He recocked , fired again, and hit his adversary's abdomen. Mr. Dickinson bled to death over many hours, in terrible agony, according to accounts. }}

    decock

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to uncock, let down the cock of (a firearm)