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red-hot minute

red-hot minute noun: synonym of hot minute (“an extremely short period of time”); a moment.

Noun

red-hot minute (plural red-hot minutes)

  1. Synonym of hot minute (“an extremely short period of time”); a moment.
    • “Just a red-hot minute!” Tim darted between her and the raging teenager.2011, Hannah Alexander, Jill Elizabeth Nelson, Season of Danger: Silent Night, Deadly Night\Mistletoe Mayhem, →ISBN
    • Somewhere behind the navy sky the Cairns ships hung in gravity-defying non-orbit, in any emergency a screaming red-hot minute away.2012, Ken MacLeod, Engine City: Engines of Light, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    hot minute

Synonyms of red-hot minute

Forms of red-hot minute

pluralred-hot minutes

Questions about red-hot minute

What does red-hot minute mean?
Red-hot minute means synonym of hot minute (“an extremely short period of time”); a moment.
What part of speech is red-hot minute?
Red-hot minute is a noun.
What is the plural of red-hot minute?
The plural of red-hot minute is red-hot minutes.

Words near red-hot minute in the dictionary

  1. red-headed vulture
  2. red-headed vultures
  3. red-headed woodpecker
  4. red-headed woodpeckers
  5. red-hot
  6. red-hot minute
  7. red-hot minutes
  8. red-hot poker
  9. red-hot pokers
  10. red-hots
  11. red-humped caterpillar

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