and a half

phrase

1

—used in measurements of time, distance, weight, etc., to indicate one half of the stated unit of measurement

My daughter is two and a half (years old).

The fish was a foot and a half long.

weighs ten and a half pounds

2

informal

—used to say that something is very good, large, difficult, etc.

That was a meal and a half!

Renovating a house is a job and a half.

Examples of and a half in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Catalfamo has been with the Baltimore County Police Department for about a year and a half. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts called right fielder Kyle Tucker into the visiting manager’s office at Chase Field a week and a half ago, just to catch up. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

But there’s still a month and a half left in the regular season. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Two Price Lists From China A year and a half later, that argument is playing out inside China's own AI market, in two price lists published three weeks apart. — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for and a half

• autograph
• biograph
• cenotaph
• chronograph
• epigraph
• epitaph
• hodograph
• holograph
• hydrograph
• lithograph
• micrograph
• monograph