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.
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
wee one
little one
small fry
small beer
Informal, typically attributive; used for a person or thing that is very small, weak, or insignificant.
Traducciones
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.