Half-pint (Noun)
Meaning
Disparaging terms for small people.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- He was always self-conscious about his height and hated being referred to as a half-pint by his coworkers.
- The basketball coach had a habit of calling his shortest player a half-pint, which the kid certainly didn't appreciate.
- My grandmother used to call my little brother a half-pint, but I'm pretty sure she didn't mean it as an insult.
- He tried out for the school play, but the director referred to him as a half-pint and said he was too short for the lead role.
- In middle school, he was constantly teased by his classmates, who called him a half-pint and said he looked like a sixth-grader.