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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