"half-step" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: half-steps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} half-step (plural half-steps)
  1. Alternative form of half step Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: half step
    Sense id: en-half-step-en-noun-hrNkje1t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with half- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 18 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with half-: 53 25 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Forms: half-steps [present, singular, third-person], half-stepping [participle, present], half-stepped [participle, past], half-stepped [past]
Etymology: From half- + step. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|half-|step}} half- + step Head templates: {{en-verb|half-steps|half-stepping|half-stepped}} half-step (third-person singular simple present half-steps, present participle half-stepping, simple past and past participle half-stepped)
  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To back down from; fail to follow through or complete; to be slack Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-half-step-en-verb-7GBidvks Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English
  2. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To fail to display full commitment, preparation, or genuineness; to be a poser; to be a fake or fraud Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-half-step-en-verb-5GxujuQL Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: half-stepping
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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