cold-cock
[ kohld-kok ]
verb (used with object)Slang.
to knock (someone) unconscious, as with the fist.
Origin of cold-cock
1First recorded in 1925–30
Words Nearby cold-cock
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How to use cold-cock in a sentence
The cold cock must fly in his haste, spread himself on his streaming plumes, and sail into the wood's security.
The White Peacock | D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
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