halftime
or half-time
[haf-tahym, hahf-]
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noun
the period indicating completion of half the time allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
Sports. the intermission or rest period between the two halves of a football, basketball, or other game, during which spectators are often entertained by baton twirling, marching bands, or the like.
adjective
pertaining to or taking place during a halftime: The football fans were treated to a halftime exhibition by the marching band.
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Origin of halftime
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Examples from the Web for half-time
Contemporary Examples of half-time
For the half-time show, a cheerleader and her doppelgängers perform some hypnotic, pom-pom routines (see 1:11).
Historical Examples of half-time
When I had finished, I was as hot and dirty as if it were half-time at a football match.
The Stark Munro LettersJ. Stark Munro
The complete movement being in strict time and "4-and" for half-time.
The Art of Stage DancingNed Wayburn
In this way only twenty-two points were scored after half-time.
The White FeatherP. G. Wodehouse
We note the evil in its worst form under the “half-time” system.
Boy Labour and ApprenticeshipReginald Arthur Bray
There are certain other advantages which the half-time system can claim.
Boy Labour and ApprenticeshipReginald Arthur Bray
half-time
noun
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