Alternative form of halfheartedness

plural of half-hunter

A pocket watch of the hunter style, but with a glass panel or hole in the centre of the lid, giving a view of the hands even when the watch is closed.

Almost to expect; to think that something may happen, without being entirely sure.

Alternative form of half smile

A short-lived, partial, or seemingly uncertain smile.

(UK) Pertaining to the half term school holiday.

(UK) Alternative form of half term.

(UK) A short school holiday in the middle of the term. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see half, term.

A brainteaser regarding probability, in which a game show contestant picks a door to win a prize. One door conceals a car; the other two conceal goats. After the contestant picks a door, the host opens one of the two remaining doors which reveals a goat. Counterintuitively, it is then in the contestant's interests to switch to the remaining door.