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coldcock
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
coldcock
(verb)
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coldcock
/
ˈ
koʊld
ˈ
kɑːk/
verb
coldcocks
;
coldcocked
;
coldcocking
coldcock
/
ˈ
koʊld
ˈ
kɑːk/
verb
coldcocks
;
coldcocked
;
coldcocking
Learner's definition of COLDCOCK
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US, informal
:
to hit (someone) very hard
:
to knock out (someone) with a hard punch
He got
coldcocked
by some guy in a bar.
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