semi

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A semi-detached house.

   • 2008, Elliott Placks, quoted in Helen Isbister, Morris Bryant, Property, Career FAQs, Australia, page 40, I′m selling two side-by-side semis that are currently under construction, a waterfront apartment and a house in Rose Bay.
   • The smaller semis of the 1920s and 1930s were closely related to the three bedroom pre-1919 narrow fronted terraces, at least to the larger pre-1919 terraces.
   • The roads were lined with cramped little semis and 1960s bungalows: Britain's cheapest houses, in their flimsy, pebble-dashed glory.
2. 2

   A semi-trailer

   A semi-trailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic.

   • I was hungry an' freezin' an' done caught a chill / When the lights of a big semi topped the hill
   • All night we couldn′t hear each other speak because of the sound of semis changing gear to get over the hill.
3. 3

   A semifinal.

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   1. 4

      A partial erection of the penis.

      • The twink got a semi just from that look.
   2. 5

      A semiautomatic firearm.

      • See these niggas through the reticle sight up on my semi […] For niggas plottin', I might blow it at your fitted Get your bitch-ass slimed out, it ain't no kiddin' Ain't no kiddin', got that semi
   3. 6

      Semiconductor companies or positions in the stock market.

   4. 7

      An intermediate in the production of end-use goods.

   5. 8

      Somewhat

      Somewhat; to some extent.

      • 'Is that a serious question?' he asked. Ralph shrugged with his face, jutting out his bottom lip. 'Well ... semi,' he said.

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