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mad minute

mad minute noun: a test of marksmanship with fifteen aimed shots at a twelve-inch target at 200 yards within one minute.

Noun

mad minute (plural mad minutes)

  1. (UK) A test of marksmanship with fifteen aimed shots at a twelve-inch target at 200 yards within one minute.
    • Then the Major got into the game and launched rockets at them, and we all had a few mad minutes having target practice on the Lionel train set.2013, John J. Gebhart, LBJ's Hired Gun

Forms of mad minute

pluralmad minutes

Questions about mad minute

What does mad minute mean?
Mad minute means a test of marksmanship with fifteen aimed shots at a twelve-inch target at 200 yards within one minute.
What part of speech is mad minute?
Mad minute is a noun.
What is the plural of mad minute?
The plural of mad minute is mad minutes.

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