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tumbleweed moments

tumbleweed moments is the plural of tumbleweed moment.

Meaning of tumbleweed moment

Noun

tumbleweed moment (plural tumbleweed moments)

  1. (UK, figuratively) A period of stony, unresponsive silence.
    • …real life television news quizzes have the benefit of careful editing to remove the tumbleweed moments.2004 July 14, Laura Davis, “Arts Diary: STAGE QUIZ”, in Daily Post, Liverpool, England
    Synonyms:
    dead air

Questions about tumbleweed moments

What is tumbleweed moments the plural of?
Tumbleweed moments is the plural of tumbleweed moment.

Words near tumbleweed moments in the dictionary

  1. tumblestone
  2. tumblestones
  3. tumbleth
  4. tumbleweed
  5. tumbleweed moment
  6. tumbleweed moments
  7. tumbleweeds
  8. tumblification
  9. Tumblin
  10. tumblin'
  11. tumbling

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