Meanings
nounhalf-pipe (plural half-pipes)
plural half-pipes · alternative halfpipe · alternative half pipe
- usuallyhobbiesA structure used to perform tricks, approximately semicircular in cross-section, resembling the bottom half of a cylinder lying down.
But the kid who washed windows for $2 an hour when he was 8 so he could buy his first snowboard served notice he could be a contender at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics with a silver medal yesterday in men's halfpipe.
2009 January 24, Randy Starkman, “Silver medal eases pain for Batchelor at world championships”, in Toronto Star
Origin
Translations
Catalan migtub
- migtubA structure used to perform tricks
Dutch halfpijp
- halfpijpA structure used to perform tricks
French demi-lune
- demi-luneA structure used to perform tricks
German Halfpipe
- HalfpipeA structure used to perform tricks
Japanese ハーフパイプ
- ハーフパイプ (hāfupaipu)A structure used to perform tricks
Korean 하프파이프
- 하프파이프 (hapeupaipeu)A structure used to perform tricks
Swedish halfpipe
- halfpipeA structure used to perform tricks
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APA
half-pipe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-pipe
MLA
“half-pipe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-pipe. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “half-pipe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-pipe.
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