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Half Table (n.)
1. An extra pair at a duplicate game who forgot what game time was.

2. The fractional population of your table after the burrito you ate earlier that evening has digested itself in a way you found difficult to control

Hamilton (n.)
See: Cappelletti

Hand Evaluation Method (v.)
Excuse for a poor decision in the auction.

Hang (v.)
A prophylactic technique used to dissuade partner from balancing on future hands.

Head-to-Head (adj.)
How you wish your opponents would come into contact with each other after they bid a 18% game.

Hesitation (v.)
A period of time shorter than a huddle (see huddle) and always 25 times longer than the time it takes ones opponents to inform one that one has taken it.

Huddle (v.)
A period of time equal in length to 2 hesitations (SI Unit) ; the first hesitation being a mental equivalent to a dog-paddle as your thoughts scurry around to understand what partner's bid meant and the second a mental equivalent to a nose-dive as you try and conjure up a least lame as possible excuse to justify the first.

HUM (n.)
1. Highly Un-American Method

2. Highly Unethical Method

Husband (n.)
1. Noun that suddenly becomes prefixed with ex when a wife talks about the man she started to learn to play bridge with at the local library.

2. A male you should always play with - as long as he is someone else's.