halfexpect

English

Etymology

From half- +‎ expect.

Verb

halfexpect (third-person singular simple present halfexpects, present participle halfexpecting, simple past and past participle halfexpected)

  1. Alternative form of half-expect.
    • 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 28, in Nick, New York, Boston, London: Little, Brown and Company, page 147:
      When he held Judah's arm or touched his shoulder he felt the knob of bone and halfexpected the creak of an old door when Judah stepped or reached.
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