stand-off half

stand-off half ▶noun Rugby a half back who forms a link between the scrum half and the three-quarters.

stand-off

stand-off ▶noun 1 a deadlock between two equally matched opponents in a dispute or conflict: the 16 -day-old stand-off was no closer to being resolved. 2 Rugby short for stand-off half.

stand-off half

stand-off half ▶noun Rugby a half back who forms a link between the scrum half and the three-quarters.

stand-offish

stand-offish |standˈɒfɪʃ | ▶adjective informal distant and cold in manner; unfriendly: he was an arrogant, stand-offish prig. DERIVATIVES stand-offishly adverb, stand-offishness noun

stand-off

stand-off noun Europe has shown that it is possible to live with a nuclear stand-off: deadlock, stalemate, impasse, standstill, dead end, draw, tie, dead heat.

stand-offish

stand-offish adjective informal an arrogant, stand-offish prig: aloof, distant, remote, detached, impersonal, withdrawn, reserved, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, unapproachable, unfriendly, unsociable, cool, chilly, cold, haughty, disdainful, uninvolved, unresponsive, indifferent, unconcerned, preoccupied, abstracted; introspective, introvert, introverted; rare Olympian. ANTONYMS friendly, approachable, sociable.