Definitions for half-pint

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half-pint half pint

Spelling: [haf pahynt, hahf for 1; Half-Pint is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 257 anagrams from letters in half-pint (-afhilnpt).

Definitions for half-pint

noun

1. half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
2. Informal. a very short person.
3. Slang. a person of little importance or influence.

Origin of half-pint

First recorded in 1605-15

Examples for half-pint

Strain the stock and boil it with a half-pint more to a strong glaze.

Mr. Fogarty brought a gift with him, a half-pint of special whisky.

"half-pint size," said Cyrus Thurston, and laughed in derision.

Chard took out the rum and filled a half-pint pannikin to the brim.

Some say it was his half-pint height, others that no amount was too small for him to rob.

Pour it through a funnel into half-pint bottles, and cork them well.

I drank my half-pint very slowly, and pretended it was a pint.

Our efforts to get a decent bath with about a half-pint of water were most amusing.

With what chemicals I've got left, couldn't I work up a half-pint?

Then chop a half-pint of oysters, and beat six eggs very well.