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half-cut

half-cut is the alternative form of half cut.

Meaning of half cut

Adjective

half cut (comparative more half cut, superlative most half cut)

  1. (Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, informal) Rather drunk.
    • He had the girl's head on his shoulder but she was half cut and in her seventh heaven, so he just went on talking to me, proud of his English, you see.1974, John Le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Folio, published 2009, page 233

Forms of half-cut

comparativemore half-cut
superlativemost half-cut

Questions about half-cut

What is half-cut the alternative form of?
Half-cut is the alternative form of half cut.

Words near half-cut in the dictionary

  1. half-cousin
  2. half-cousins
  3. half-cracked
  4. half-crown
  5. half-crowns
  6. half-cut
  7. half-dead
  8. half-deal
  9. half-deals
  10. half-decent
  11. half-deck

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