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fly-half

fly-half noun: a rugby player who is normally the first receiver of the ball from the scrum half after a scrum; a half-back.

Noun

fly-half (plural fly-halves)

  1. A rugby player who is normally the first receiver of the ball from the scrum half after a scrum; a half-back.
    • Fly-half Holly Aitchison has had a mixed tournament with the boot up until this match, with Mitchell saying in the week he had no concerns over her kicking and being proved correct in Bordeaux.2024 April 27, Alastair Telfer, “England beat France to seal Grand Slam hat-trick”, in BBC Sport
    Synonyms:
    outside half, stand-off half, stand-off, out-half, first five-eighth

Synonyms of fly-half

Forms of fly-half

pluralfly-halves

Questions about fly-half

What does fly-half mean?
Fly-half means a rugby player who is normally the first receiver of the ball from the scrum half after a scrum; a half-back.
What part of speech is fly-half?
Fly-half is a noun.
What is the plural of fly-half?
The plural of fly-half is fly-halves.

Words near fly-half in the dictionary

  1. fly-eyed
  2. fly-fish
  3. fly-fisher
  4. fly-fishing
  5. fly-grazing
  6. fly-half
  7. fly-halves
  8. fly-in
  9. fly-in fly-out
  10. fly-ins
  11. fly-over

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