<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A bronze coin of the United Kingdom, equal to half a penny; use phased out in 1984.</li><li>The sum of half a penny.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Of the price or value of a halfpenny.</li><li>Of little value; worthless: a halfpenny matter.</li><li>British Informal: (of newspapers) sensational, especially morbidly or offensively so.</li></ul>