Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units
Noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
Adjective S.
denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units
Usage Examples
Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.
I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do more than I could ever hope to know or do in half a dozen lifetimes.
Misspelled Formhalf_a_dozen, ghalf_a_dozen, yhalf_a_dozen, uhalf_a_dozen, jhalf_a_dozen, nhalf_a_dozen, galf_a_dozen, yalf_a_dozen, ualf_a_dozen, jalf_a_dozen, nalf_a_dozen, hgalf_a_dozen, hyalf_a_dozen, hualf_a_dozen, hjalf_a_dozen, hnalf_a_dozen, hqalf_a_dozen, hwalf_a_dozen, hsalf_a_dozen, hzalf_a_dozen, hqlf_a_dozen, hwlf_a_dozen, hslf_a_dozen, hzlf_a_dozen, haqlf_a_dozen, hawlf_a_dozen, haslf_a_dozen, hazlf_a_dozen, haklf_a_dozen, haolf_a_dozen, haplf_a_dozen, ha:lf_a_dozen, hakf_a_dozen, haof_a_dozen, hapf_a_dozen, ha:f_a_dozen, halkf_a_dozen, halof_a_dozen, halpf_a_dozen, hal:f_a_dozen, haldf_a_dozen, halrf_a_dozen, haltf_a_dozen, halgf_a_dozen, halvf_a_dozen, halcf_a_dozen, hald_a_dozen, halr_a_dozen, halt_a_dozen, halg_a_dozen, halv_a_dozen, halc_a_dozen, halfd_a_dozen, halfr_a_dozen, halft_a_dozen, halfg_a_dozen, halfv_a_dozen, halfc_a_dozen, half_a_dozen, halfa_dozen, half_a_dozen, half_qa_dozen, half_wa_dozen, half_sa_dozen, half_za_dozen, half_q_dozen, half_w_dozen, half_s_dozen, half_z_dozen, half_aq_dozen, half_aw_dozen, half_as_dozen, half_az_dozen, half_a_dozen, half_adozen, half_a_dozen, half_a_sdozen, half_a_edozen, half_a_fdozen, half_a_xdozen, half_a_cdozen, half_a_sozen, half_a_eozen, half_a_fozen, half_a_xozen, half_a_cozen, half_a_dsozen, half_a_deozen, half_a_dfozen, half_a_dxozen, half_a_dcozen, half_a_diozen, half_a_d9ozen, half_a_d0ozen, half_a_dpozen, half_a_dlozen, half_a_dizen, half_a_d9zen, half_a_d0zen, half_a_dpzen, half_a_dlzen, half_a_doizen, half_a_do9zen, half_a_do0zen, half_a_dopzen, half_a_dolzen, half_a_doazen, half_a_doszen, half_a_doxzen, half_a_doaen, half_a_dosen, half_a_doxen, half_a_dozaen, half_a_dozsen, half_a_dozxen, half_a_dozwen, half_a_doz3en, half_a_doz4en, half_a_dozren, half_a_dozsen, half_a_dozden, half_a_dozwn, half_a_doz3n, half_a_doz4n, half_a_dozrn, half_a_dozsn, half_a_dozdn, half_a_dozewn, half_a_doze3n, half_a_doze4n, half_a_dozern, half_a_dozesn, half_a_dozedn, half_a_dozebn, half_a_dozehn, half_a_dozejn, half_a_dozemn, half_a_doze n, half_a_dozeb, half_a_dozeh, half_a_dozej, half_a_dozem, half_a_doze , half_a_dozenb, half_a_dozenh, half_a_dozenj, half_a_dozenm, half_a_dozen .
Other Usage ExamplesWild Bill was anything but a quarrelsome man yet I have personal knowledge of at least half a dozen men whom he had at various times killed.
I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
I pity the young woman who will attempt to insinuate herself between my mama's boy and me. I sympathize with the monumental nature of her task. It will take a crowbar, two bulldozers and half a dozen Molotov cocktails to pry my Oedipus and me loose from one another.