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New York minute

New York minute noun: an instant; an extremely short time.

Noun

New York minute (plural New York minutes)

  1. (informal) An instant; an extremely short time.
    • In a New York minute, everything can change / In a New York minute, you can get out of the rain1989, Don Henley, “New York Minute”, in The End of the Innocence

Synonyms of New York minute

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Forms of New York minute

pluralNew York minutes

Questions about New York minute

What does New York minute mean?
New York minute means an instant; an extremely short time.
What part of speech is New York minute?
New York minute is a noun.
What is the plural of New York minute?
The plural of New York minute is New York minutes.

Words near New York minute in the dictionary

  1. New York English
  2. New York fern
  3. New York ferns
  4. New York Harbor
  5. New York ironweed
  6. New York minute
  7. New York minutes
  8. New York pizza
  9. New York pizzas
  10. New York Point
  11. New York reload

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