Answer:

cocks

Answer	Crossword Clue
COCKS	Gets ready to fire
COCKS	Prepares to fire
COCKS	Readies a revolver

COCKS	Gets ready to shoot
COCKS	Faucets.
COCKS	Piles, as of hay.
COCKS	Some birds.
COCKS	Tilts.
COCKS	Weathervanes
COCKS	Crowers
COCKS	Rulers of the roost

COCKS	Readies, as a firearm
COCKS	Prepares to fire a gun
COCKS	Fighting fowl

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.