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coldcock verb to hit someone without warning, especially with a blow to the head that knocks the person to the ground US, 1918- You killed her. You coldcocked her and set fire to her. — Jim Thompson, The Nothing Man, p. 172, 1954
- Then he cold-cocked his two principal tormentors with a short left and a short right respectively, and the ragging stopped. — Max Shulman, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, p. 165, 1957
- I wish he was a wise-ass messcook who coldcocked a commander and went over the hill. — Darryl Ponicsan, The Last Detail, p. 148, 1970
- Jackie got up and cold cocked him with two punches and then announced, “Let ‘em roll.” — Babs Gonzales, Movin’ On Down De Line, p. 47, 1975
- I screamed, “Look out Papp!” too late for him to duck Jenkins’ boot kick to his jaw that cold-cocked him flat on his back with his crooked mouth leaking blood." — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Doom Fox, p. 119, 1978
- Nino cold-cocks the woman with left hook -- she’s out like a light. — New Jack City, p. 4, 1990
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