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hot minutes

hot minutes is the plural of hot minute.

Meaning of hot minute

Noun

hot minute (plural hot minutes)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) A long period of time.
    • She decided to pop up on her big brother because it had been a hot minute since she'd seen him.2013, Caroline McGill, A Dollar Outta Fifteen Cent, →ISBN, page 209
  2. (idiomatic, informal) An extremely short period of time; a moment.
    • It didn't take but a hot minute to find out what squadron Craig was with.2000, Eric Jerome Dickey, Cheaters, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    red-hot minute
  3. (idiomatic, informal) An unspecified period of time; a while.
    • Whatever happened to that guy Michael you dated for a hot minute way back in the stone age?2010, Terry McMillan, Getting to Happy, →ISBN, page 138

Questions about hot minutes

What is hot minutes the plural of?
Hot minutes is the plural of hot minute.

Words near hot minutes in the dictionary

  1. hot mike
  2. hot milk cake
  3. hot milk cakes
  4. hot mint
  5. hot minute
  6. hot minutes
  7. hot money
  8. hot Neptune
  9. hot Neptunes
  10. hot nickel
  11. hot off the press

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