half step
noun
1.
Music.
semitone
.
2.
Military.
a step 15 inches (38 cm) long in quick time and 18 inches (46 cm) long in double time.
Origin
1900-05
British Dictionary definitions for
half-step
half-step
noun
1.
(
music
,
US & Canadian
)
another word for
semitone
Slang definitions & phrases for
half-step
half-step
verb
To act tough but then back down when challenged
To do something halfway, insufficiently, or incompetently