List of antonyms from "half-castes" to antonyms from "half-lights"


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Definition of the day : « half-cocked »

  • As in premature : adj rash, impulsive
  • As in dilettante : adj amateurish
Example sentences :
  • Robin opened one eye—the one toward the house—and half-cocked an ear.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 24, 1880 » by Various
  • I've told you they won't go off half-cocked as long as Westfall is on the job.
  • Extract from : « Spacehounds of IPC » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • Alone, she might have gone off half-cocked in an emotional tizzy.
  • Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
  • "If you're going off half-cocked, then we both are, Dave," he said quietly.
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson at Casablanca » by Robert Sydney Bowen
  • He is the most level-headed member of 162 the family, and would not fly off half-cocked.
  • Extract from : « Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days » by Nell Speed
  • It seems to me that Dr. Detmers is always going off "half-cocked."
  • Extract from : « Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. » by Various
  • I could never have imagined myself going off half-cocked like that.
  • Extract from : « Burned Bridges » by Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • Now listen, you two girls—you're going off half-cocked and you're both full of little red ants.
  • Extract from : « Skylark Three » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • "Don't get agitated and go off half-cocked," said Monroe, in the same icy tone as before.
  • Extract from : « Edith and John » by Franklin S. Farquhar
  • Standing by the washstand Cheyenne took his gun from its holster, half-cocked it, and punched out the loaded cartridges.
  • Extract from : « Partners of Chance » by Henry Herbert Knibbs