go off at half cock

:  to move on a course :  proceed — compare stop

:  to move out of or away from a place expressed or implied :  leave, depart

:  to take a certain course or follow a certain procedure

:  the act or manner of going

:  the height of fashion :  rage

:  an often unexpected turn of affairs :  occurrence

:  functioning properly :  being in good and ready condition

:  a game played between two players who alternately place black and white stones on a board checkered by 19 vertical lines and 19 horizontal lines in an attempt to enclose the larger area on the board

:  from a place or position

:  away from land

:  at a distance in space or time

: used as a function word to indicate physical separation or distance from a position of rest, attachment, or union

:  to seaward of

:  from the possession or charge of

:  seaward

:  right

:  more removed or distant

:  to go away :  depart

:  kill, murder

: office; officer; official

:  either of two equal parts that compose something

:  a part approximately equal to one of these

:  one of a pair: such as

:  being one of two equal parts

:  that is approximately equal to either of two equal parts that compose something :  amounting to approximately half

:  falling short of the full or complete thing :  partial

:  in an equal part or degree

:  not completely :  partially

:  by any means :  at all

:  the adult male of the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus) :  rooster

:  the male of birds other than the domestic chicken

:  woodcock

:  strut, swagger

:  to turn, tip, or stick up

:  to position the hammer (see ¹hammer 2b(2)) of a firearm for firing

:  tilt, slant

:  a small pile (as of hay)

:  to put (hay or something similar) into small piles