and a half

idiom

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

The 6-foot-10 pound power forward from the Democratic Republic of Congo returned to the floor a minute and a half later. —Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 25 Nov. 2025

Through 10 and a half seasons in the NFL, Diggs has secured 652 tackles, one sack, 57 passes defended, and 24 interceptions. —James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025

However, many companies that require full-time employees to work on holidays offer pay and a half, the state's overtime pay requirement. —Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 25 Nov. 2025

Fox will air three and a half hours of live coverage of the draw. —Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 25 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for and a half

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