Usually means: Acting without adequate preparation or thought.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word half-cocked:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. half-cocked: Merriam-Webster
  2. half-cocked, half-cocked: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. half-cocked, half-cocked: Collins English Dictionary
  4. half-cocked: Wordnik
  5. half-cocked: Wiktionary
  6. half-cocked: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. half-cocked: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. half-cocked: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. half-cocked: Dictionary.com
  10. half-cocked: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. half-cocked: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. half-cocked: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (half-cocked)

▸ adjective:  (of a gun) Not fully cocked
▸ adjective:  (of a plan etc) Not fully prepared

Similar:
uncocked, uncockable, uncockaded, unshotted, uncucked, uncoked, unchocked, unshot, uncooped, unholstered, more...

Opposite:
deliberate, calculated, thoughtful, planned, careful

Types:
amateurish, unprofessional, incompetent, unprepared, unqualified, more...

Phrases:
go off half-cocked, to go off half-cocked, more...

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Similar:
uncocked, uncockable, uncockaded, unshotted, uncucked, uncoked, unchocked, unshot, uncooped, unholstered, more...

Opposite:
deliberate, calculated, thoughtful, planned, careful

Types:
amateurish, unprofessional, incompetent, unprepared, unqualified, more...

Phrases:
go off half-cocked, to go off half-cocked, more...



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