Definition of Halftime

1. Noun. An intermission between the first and second half of a game.


Definition of Halftime

1. Noun. (British) (alternative spelling of half time) ¹

2. Noun. (American football) The halftime show, the primary "light" entertainment of a game, after the second quarter when players can physically recover, coaches can berate players with a pep talk, bets can be doubled, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Halftime

1. an intermission in a football game [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Halftime

halfpike
halfpikes
halfpipe
halfpipes
halfplanar
halfplane
halfplanes
halfs
halfsies
halfsister
halfsisters
halfspace
halfspaces
halfstaff
halftimbered
halftime (current term)
halftimes
halftone
halftone engraving
halftoned
halftones
halftoning
halftrack
halftracks
halfwave
halfwaves
halfway
halfway decent
halfway house
halfway houses

Literary usage of Halftime

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"The second phase i halftime between 4 and 7 min acid for much of the washout between 2 ) min. It was assumed to be due to early tr washout, whereas late ..."

2. Hacking College by Dean Kohrs (2006)
"If you meet the above criteria and are enrolled at least halftime, you may receive a Federal Stafford Loan. Stafford loans come in two types: subsidized and ..."

3. Continuation Schools in England & Elsewhere: Their Place in the Educational by Michael Sadler (1907)
"HALF-TIME. Germany. Prohibited to anyone under 13 years. Children of 13 if they have passed primary education standard may work halftime. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Automobile Terms by Albert L. Clough (1913)
"halftime Gears—The gears which operate the cam shaft of a four cycle internal combustion motor at ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The ion Ru(NH3)e3+ is known to undergo substitution very slowly, the halftime for the replacement of NH3 by H2O at room temperature and in ..."

6. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1818)
"... of * A volume comprizing the history of all such insurrections would be not less inn. resting than useful. halftime public are ignorant of the aweful ..."

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