(transitive, Cockney rhyming slang) To pinch, to steal.

A unit of volume used for liquids equal to half of a pint. / Half a pint of beer or other drink. / (colloquial) A small or short person. / (colloquial) A small child.

A half-brother of one's parent. / A half brother-in-law of one's parent.

The lowered position, half the height of a mast, at which a flag is flown when mourning, especially expressing respect for the dead. / (by extension) The lowered position of any thing.

Alternative form of half title

A person's spouse or lover, most commonly a man's wife. / (archaic) A very close friend or companion.

(physics) The time required for half the nuclei in a sample of a specific isotope to undergo radioactive decay.

(sports) A stroke, in ball sports, in which the ball is hit immediately after it bounces off the ground / (cricket) A delivery that bounces just short of the blockhole

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Partially cooked by heating in an oven.

(rugby) player who introduces the ball into a scrum.