Find the word definition

Crossword clues for coldcock

The Collaborative International Dictionary
coldcock

coldcock \coldcock\ v. t. to to knock to the ground with force.

Syn: deck, dump, knock down, floor.

Wiktionary
coldcock

alt. (context slang English) To strike someone so forcefully that they are rendered unconscious. vb. (context slang English) To strike someone so forcefully that they are rendered unconscious.

WordNet
coldcock

v. knock down with force; "He decked his opponent" [syn: deck, dump, knock down, floor]

Usage examples of "coldcock".

Coleman coldcocked him on the sidewalk, slung him against his shoulder like a boozed-out buddy, got him into the Buick and hot-wired it.

Sven, who had a sore jaw and a score to settle with Lize for coldcocking him with the butt of the revolver.

I looked up at the sky, which was clouding over again for a rain, and I saw a streak or two of lightning, and I thought, well, maybe a bolt would strike me, coldcocking me for the night, so that Rose would excuse me.

Under other circumstances he would have known what to do-what to try to do, anyway: maybe try to get into the table's electronic resources, maybe position himself by the door to coldcock this young woman when she came back with the coffee, maybe try to rid himself of the collar that made any escape attempt useless, maybe- Well, he'd been trained for almost everything that could happen to a Bureau agent in the field.