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mile-a-minute

mile-a-minute noun: asiatic tearthumb, kudzu of the North (Persicaria perfoliata), native to eastern Asia, introduced to northeastern US.

Noun

mile-a-minute (plural mile-a-minutes)

  1. Asiatic tearthumb, kudzu of the North (Persicaria perfoliata), native to eastern Asia, introduced to northeastern US.
  2. Kudzu (Pueraria lobata; Pueraria montana var. lobata), native to eastern Asia, highly invasive elsewhere.
  3. mile-a-minute vine (Ipomoea cairica), native from tropical Africa to the Mediterranean, invasive elsewhere.
  4. Mikania micrantha, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas.
  5. Russian vine (Fallopia baldschuanica), native to central Asia, widely naturalized.
  6. Okie bean (Dipogon lignosus), native to South Africa, introduced elsewhere.

Adjective

mile-a-minute (not comparable)

  1. At the rate of one mile per minute; sixty miles per hour.
    • Mr. Baird adds that this is not the first post-war example of a mile-a-minute timing in G.S.W.R. territory.1961 April, “Talking of Trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 194

Adverb

mile-a-minute (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Very fast.
    • He was all excited after the game, talking a mile-a-minute about the last-second shot.

Forms of mile-a-minute

pluralmile-a-minutes
alternative formmile a minute

Questions about mile-a-minute

What does mile-a-minute mean?
Mile-a-minute means asiatic tearthumb, kudzu of the North (Persicaria perfoliata), native to eastern Asia, introduced to northeastern US.
What part of speech is mile-a-minute?
Mile-a-minute can be a noun, an adjective or an adverb.
What is the plural of mile-a-minute?
The plural of mile-a-minute is mile-a-minutes.

Words near mile-a-minute in the dictionary

  1. Mile High City
  2. Mile High Club
  3. Mile Long Club
  4. mile marker
  5. mile markers
  6. mile-a-minute
  7. mile-a-minutes
  8. mile-fortlet
  9. mile-fortlets
  10. mileage
  11. mileages

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