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fly half

fly half is the alternative form of fly-half.

Meaning of fly-half

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

Forms of fly half

pluralfly-halves

Questions about fly half

What is fly half the alternative form of?
Fly half is the alternative form of fly-half.

Words near fly half in the dictionary

  1. fly cutters
  2. fly fishing
  3. fly fungi
  4. fly fungus
  5. fly grazing
  6. fly half
  7. fly high
  8. fly in
  9. fly in the buttermilk
  10. fly in the face of
  11. fly in the ointment

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