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half-turn

half-turn noun: a partial turn, typically 180 degrees.

Noun

half-turn (plural half-turns)

  1. A partial turn, typically 180 degrees.
    • "His ability to take the ball on the half-turn allows his first touch to be always forward when he receives it."2025 October 21, Alex Howell, “The evolution of Rice - how midfielder became Arsenal's all-rounder”, in BBC Sport

Forms of half-turn

pluralhalf-turns

Origin of half-turn

From half- + turn.

Questions about half-turn

What does half-turn mean?
Half-turn means a partial turn, typically 180 degrees.
What part of speech is half-turn?
Half-turn is a noun.
What is the plural of half-turn?
The plural of half-turn is half-turns.

Words near half-turn in the dictionary

  1. half-tracker
  2. half-trackers
  3. half-tracks
  4. half-truth
  5. half-truths
  6. half-turn
  7. half-turns
  8. half-uncle
  9. half-uncles
  10. half-unicorn
  11. half-unicorns

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