halftime

or half-time

[ haf-tahym, hahf- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the period indicating completion of half the time times allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
Sports. the intermission or rest period between the two halves half halve of a football, basketball, or other game, during which spectators are often entertained by baton twirling, marching bands, or the like.

pertaining to or taking place during a halftime:
The football fans were treated to a halftime exhibition by the marching band.

First recorded in 1870–75; half + time

In fact, he's not even high on the list of NFL players one jerks off too during halftime at Gillette Stadium.

By halftime a crowd of what appeared to be a few hundred people had amassed in the bitter cold.

At halftime somebody had come into the dressing room and told us Pearl Harbor had been bombed by the Japs.

A contest is divided into two 45-minute periods with a 15-minute halftime, and there are no commercials to interrupt the action.

The second goal came on the brink of halftime, after Casillas punched a ball right back at the feet of Charles Aranguiz.

But putting him on halftime, and Nels with five children to support, seemed like extreme punishment.

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