half-pint

UK
/ˈhɑːf paɪnt/
US
/ˈhæf paɪnt/
half-pintnoun
UK
/ˈhɑːf paɪnt/
US
/ˈhæf paɪnt/
Countable noun; also informal for a small person or child.
Traducciones
The recipe calls for a half-pint of cream.
La recette demande une demi-pinte de crème.
Traducciones adicionales
demi-portionFamilier, péjoratif.
Definiciones
A unit of liquid volume equal to half a pint.
The recipe calls for a half-pint of cream.
Informal: a child or a small, weak, or insignificant person.
The coach dismissed him as a half-pint.
Sinónimos
Antónimos
half-pintadjective
Informal, typically attributive; used for a person or thing that is very small, weak, or insignificant.
Traducciones
minableFamilier.
It was a half-pint excuse for a plan.
C'était un prétexte minable pour un plan.
Definiciones
Informal: very small, weak, or insignificant.
It was a half-pint excuse for a plan.