A pattern which consists of throwing the objects thrown by one hand over the top of the objects thrown by the other hand. Each object is thrown to the opposite hand.

half-sibnoun

The offspring of only one of one's parents.

half-siblingnoun

Alternative spelling of half sibling.

half-sibling-in-lawnoun

The half sibling of one's spouse.

half-sidernoun

A bilateral gynandromorph, an animal that is one sex on the left and another sex on the right.

half-solidadj

Having a viscous state.

half-staffnoun

Half-mast.

half-stepverb

To back down from; fail to follow through or complete; to be slack

half-swastikanoun

The Z letter used by Russian nationalists, usually to support Vladimir Putin or the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

half-tideadj

Left dry during such a tide.

half-timberedadj

Of a building: constructed using a load-bearing timber frame with the spaces (panels) between the timbers filled with bricks, stone, or wattle and daub, etc. (the infill), especially if the timber frame is visible on the outside of the building.

half-timenoun

The interval between the two halves of a sports match.

half-timernoun

One who works only half the usual time, especially (historical) a pupil in an elementary school allowed to be absent half the school-day at some employment.

half-tonenoun

Alternative form of halftone.

half-trackedadj

Of a vehicle, having both wheels and caterpillar tracks.

half-trackernoun

A ball bowled so as to pitch roughly half way down the wicket, i.e. half-way between batsman and bowler. (From a slow bowler this is a poor delivery, likely to be hit to the boundary.)

half-truthnoun

A deceptive statement, especially one that is only partly true, is incomplete, misrepresents reality by telling part of the truth, or alters the time sequence of truths.

half-turnnoun

A partial turn, typically 180 degrees.

half-virginnoun

A person who has participated in some sexual acts, but not full intercourse.

half-wakingadj

In a state of not being fully awake.

half-waxenadj

half-grown; partially completed; incomplete

half-wayadv

Alternative spelling of halfway.

half-wheelverb

To maintain a distance of half a wheel in front of another rider, regarded as poor etiquette.

half-Windsornoun

A triangular knot used to tie a necktie.

half-witchnoun

A person, especially a woman, with one magical and one non-magical parent.

half-witsnoun

plural of half-wit

half-wittedadj

Having low intelligence.

half-wittedlyadv

In a half-witted manner.

half-wizardnoun

A person, especially a man, with one magical and one non-magical parent.

half-worldnoun

A hemisphere.

half-yearnoun

The period of time equal to half a year; normally referred to as 6 months, but a half-year is more exactly 182.5 days (without a leap day)

half-yearlyadj

Of which there are two in a year; once every six months semiannual; biyearly.

halfanoun

Synonym of esparto (“North African grass”).

halfa grassnoun

A north African and south Asian grass, Desmostachya bipinnata, with tough stems woven into rope, sandals, mats, etc., and sacred in Hinduism, Buddhism and other religions.

halfaloguenoun

half of a telephone conversation, overheard by a listener at one end

halfbacknoun

Any of various positions on the field of play between the forwards and the fullbacks.

halfbeaknoun

Any slender, marine fish of the family Hemiramphidae, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower, the balahoos or ballyhoos.

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