Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A semitrailer.
- n. A tractor-trailer.
- n. Informal A semifinal.
Wiktionary
- n. UK, Australia, Canada A semi-detached house.
- n. A semitrailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler.
- n. A semifinal.
- n. slang A partial erection.
Etymologies
- The prefix semi- (from Latin) used as a noun. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Pick up ball, bounce, and kick to other end, or Pick up ball/ catc ball and run into semi solid objects……..semi solid..get it!”
Cheeseburger Gothic » All you geniasses line up in a circle.
“Mineralogy _-alogy_, not _-ology_ nature _nature_, or _choor_ oleomargarine _g_ is hard, as in _get_ orchid _orkid_ oust _owst_, not _oost_ peculiar _peculyar_ pecuniary _pekun'yari_ perspiration not _prespiratian_ prestige _pres'tij_ or _prestezh'_ pronunciation _pronunzeashun_ or _pronunsheashun_ saucy not _sassy_ schedule _skedyul_ semi not _semi_ theater _the'ater_ not _thea'ter_ turgid _turjid_ usage _uzage_ usurp _uzurp_ vermilion _vermilyun_ wife's not _wives_”
“The term semi-empirical is sometimes used to describe theoretical methods which make use of basic axioms, established scientific laws, and previous experimental results in order to engage in reasoned model building and theoretical inquiry.”
“The Bill, tabled in Parliamant on Monday, defines the term semi-automatic rifle or gun and re-defines the term "arms" to exclude these weapons.”
“I mean I began that period in what they call a semi-coma.”
“Let's hope the semi is a repeat of 1980 not 1991 ...”
“As the fat reserves are depleted, the texture changes to what I call semi-wax in my notes.”
“SMITH: Well, the television has to keep creating these -- what I call semi-celebrities, or the people who have their 15 minutes and maybe they have five minutes more.”
“But Dean Gordon and I have what we call a semi-open marriage. ”
“I can remember when general semi-skilled labor in the textile plant, what you call a semi-skilled mechanic, was making seventy-five cents a day.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘semi’.
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SPOR - Olympic glossary
weightlift, orbitale, figure skate, speed skate, synchronizer, equestrian sport, bobsleigh, starting block, diesis, ligne, piste, water ski and 521 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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AGRI - horse breeding
place bet, Przewalski's horse, piaffe, genus Claviceps, stadium jumping, draft animal, snaffle bit, noseband, equestrian sport, endurance riding, curb bit, dressage and 678 more...
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gun
words for firearms (singular)
gun, chopper, rifle, pistol, shooter, pea shooter, cannon, glock, shotgun, gat, strap, revolver and 27 more...
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Prefixes
a-, ab, abs, ambi, ante, anti, aqu, aqua, arch, astro, auto, bene and 71 more...
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Words created by removing the end of a longer or original word. See also Fun with Aphesis.
abs, ad, bio, veg, veggie, tux, auto, bike, carbs, pecs, bro, sis and 186 more...
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rig-marole
interesting vehicles
zamboni, unimog, thresher, road train, combine, amphicar, caterpillar, mini moke, semi, lorry, tro tro, yarder and 14 more...
Tweets
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BrainyBabe The main use in British English is to describe a semi-detached house, often of Tudorbethan style. Sandi Toksvig, a BBC presenter of multiple talents, came out of the closet in the mid-1990s, and was dropped like a hot potato by Save the Children, for whom she acted as a sort of ambassador. She exploited this to comedic effect in a stand-up routine, in which she recounted her mother's reaction to the whole hullabaloo: "It's terrible what they said about you in the press! I just can't believe it. They called your house a semi!" Dec 25, 2008
whichbe I've heard people use the expression half-on (sounds like a play off hard-on) for this. Dec 24, 2008
vanishedone I've never heard that one before; hopefully it's still safe to use semi for semi-final and semi-detached. Dec 24, 2008
yarb UK slang for a partially erect penis. Dec 24, 2008