half-track

Or �󲹱��·�ٰ��

[haf-trak, hahf-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a caterpillar tread that runs over and under the rear or driving wheels of a vehicle but is not connected with the forward wheels: used especially on military vehicles.
a motor vehicle with rear driving wheels on caterpillar treads.
Military.��an armored vehicle equipped with half-tracks.

half-track

noun

a vehicle with caterpillar tracks on the wheels that supply motive power only

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Other Word Forms

half-tracked adjective
ˈ�󲹱��-ˌ�ٰ�� adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of half-track¹

First recorded in 1925–30

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Example Sentences

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He scrambled out of his half-track and hid behind a well.

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Doocy claimed it was about “optics,” noting that Obama said he didn’t want to see “the police rolling up in a half-track and have our police look like an occupying force.”

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Ishmael was commandeered to help dig free a half-track that had been deposited on Betio by a tank lighter and had promptly buried itself.

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Langley started walking back to the half-track alone.

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Men obeyed him and dragged uniformed figures out of a light half-track that was plainly a staff car.

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half tone half-truth

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