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football minute

football minute noun: a time interval that has been called a minute but which actually takes much longer.

Noun

football minute (plural football minutes)

  1. A time interval that has been called a minute but which actually takes much longer.
    • She said she'd be down in a minute, but it's more like a football minute.

Antonyms of football minute

Forms of football minute

pluralfootball minutes

Origin of football minute

From the fact that a minute on the clock of a gridiron football game actually takes much longer than a minute in real time, due to stoppages in play.

Questions about football minute

What does football minute mean?
Football minute means a time interval that has been called a minute but which actually takes much longer.
What part of speech is football minute?
Football minute is a noun.
What is the plural of football minute?
The plural of football minute is football minutes.

Words near football minute in the dictionary

  1. football hooligan
  2. football hooliganism
  3. football hooligans
  4. football match
  5. football matches
  6. football minute
  7. football minutes
  8. football pie
  9. football pies
  10. football pitch
  11. football pitches

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