Meaning of hot minute | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A long period of time.
   idiomatic, informal
2. An extremely short period of time; a moment.
   idiomatic, informal
3. An unspecified period of time; a while.
   idiomatic, informal

Examples

“She decided to pop up on her big brother because it had been a hot minute since she'd seen him.”

“It didn't take⟳ but a hot minute to find⟳ out what squadron Craig was with.”

“She didn't trust⟳ me for a hot minute, but she trusted her perfect eldest child.”

“Very cool could easily turn⟳ into very rude in a hot minute.”

“Too bad he considered me a suspect⟳, because I'd be all over that in a hot minute. Okay, probably not. But I'd flirt a lot.”

“Not for a hot minute did she think⟳ it changed her inability to have⟳ lasting love⟳.”

“Whatever happened to that guy Michael you dated for a hot minute way back in the stone age?”

“We might be in Montana—but, no, that's wrong. We spent time in Montana a month ago. After a few days we have⟳ to move⟳. We settled in Oregon for a hot minute, figured it was a good place⟳ for disappearing, but one morning we woke to find⟳ footprints in the gravel around our rented cabin.”

“Still, it was always nice to run⟳ into each other in the supermarkets or restaurants and talk⟳ for a hot minute.”

“At least Dexter can spell⟳ and sounds like⟳ he went to a junior college for a hot minute.”

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