(British, slang) Greatly; to a considerable extent.
(British, slang) Greatly; to a considerable extent.
"So you fancy that girl then?" "Not half!"
“I'm not half gay, half straight. I'm 100% bisexual.”
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(informal, UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada) Rather drunk.
(UK) Not with full vigour, half-heartedly.
(slang, somewhat, vulgar) Produced in an incompetent or desultory manner, or of something lacking in quality or substance; of low rank; incompetent.
(slang, somewhat, vulgar, transitive) To perform a task incompletely or carelessly.
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“The orange menace is afraid of dogs and boats. That chicken shit is not half the woman she is.”
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“I had to drive out to Madison on Sunday and paid $25.47 to fast charge along the way. That's not half bad in my book.”
“Werewolf: The Inner Beast releases tomorrow, got my eye on this one since playing the demo, ignoring the fan service it’s not half bad. Even better they were forced to make the nudity a free DLC, so I don’t have to put up with anything I don’t want to see.”
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Informal slang for being mildly or moderately drunk — more than tipsy but not fully intoxicated. Sits in the same register as buzzed or half-cut, suggesting a pleasant loosened state rather than sloppy drunkenness. Used in casual conversation across English-speaking contexts without strong regional restriction.