Definition of "half-track" [half-track]

• A lightly armored military motor vehicle having continuous tracks in the rear for power and conventional wheels in front for steering. (noun)

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• "Link johnny drove the half-track because we could not find a jeep"
• "Molly brought three packs out from the back of the half-track, and Peter threw the last small bits of concrete away from where Cal was working."
• "The Israeli embassy decided not to make an issue of the half-track snafu, but Senators Hubert H."