Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

half blue

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.95 in modern English

Syllables
half blue
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sporting colors that are awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement at a lower level, or in a more minor sport, than that required to receive a full blue, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge University in England.

noun

A person who has been awarded such sporting colors.

Inflected Forms

half blues (plural) half-blue (alternative)

Questions

What does half blue mean?
Sporting colors that are awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement at a lower level, or in a more minor sport, than that required to receive a full blue, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge University in England.

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