New York minute (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

Example:

if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash

Synonyms:

blink of an eye; flash; heartbeat; instant; jiffy; New York minute; split second; trice; twinkling; wink

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("New York minute" is a kind of...):

bit; minute; mo; moment; second (an indefinitely short time)

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