halfexpect

English

Etymology

half- +‎ expect

Verb

halfexpect (third-person singular simple present halfexpects, present participle halfexpecting, simple past and past participle halfexpected)

1. Alternative form of half-expect
   • 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 28, in Nick, New York, Boston, London: Little, Brown and Company, page 147:

     When he held Judah's arm or touched his shoulder he felt the knob of bone and halfexpected the creak of an old door when Judah stepped or reached.