Phrase Hound found 85 phrases and 14 compound words that contain minute. The most common are listed below. Open minute in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 85
- last minuteAn arbitrary (non-specific) point in time, too close to a deadline to reasonably begin a critical task.
- just a minuteA short period of time, typically anywhere from several seconds to several minutes or more.
- wait a minuteUsed to indicate a new insight or dawning understanding.
- Per minute
- One Minute
- minute handThe hand of a clock or watch face that revolves once each hour and indicates the minutes.
- at the last minuteVery close to a deadline or potential crucial event.
- Five Minute
- up-to-the-minutemodern, contemporary
- minute of angleAn angle, one sixtieth (1/60ᵗʰ) of a degree, used by gunners as a measurement of accuracy. One minute of angle is roughly equal to 1 inch at 100 yards distance.
- light minuteA unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one minute.
- minute manDuring the American War for Independence, a citizen-soldier who would fight for the Patriots at a minute's notice.
- hot minuteA long period of time.
- minute of arcAn angle, one sixtieth of a degree or 1/21,600 of a complete circle.
- minute-menAlternative form of minutemen ; plural of minute-man
- mile-a-minuteAny of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.
- any minute nowVery soon.
- mad minuteA test of marksmanship with fifteen aimed shots at a twelve-inch target at 200 yards within one minute.
- one minute manAlternative form of one-minute man.
- New York minuteAn instant; an extremely short time.
- football minuteA time interval that has been called a minute but which actually takes much longer.
- minute-jackA figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; Jack o' the clock.
- there's a sucker born every minuteThere will always be a great number of fools in the world who can be easily swindled.
- arc minuteAlternative form of arcminute: A unit of angle; 1/60 of a degree.
- miles a minuteplural of mile a minute: Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.
Compound words 14
- minutefulEnough to last a minute.
- minutesworthThe amount of something that is expected to last for or be produced in one minute.
- minutageThe amount of time, in minutes, during which advertising can be broadcast.
- multiminuteOccurring over several minutes.
- arcminuteA unit of angle; 1/60 of a degree.
- minutelongLasting for a minute.
- overminuteExcessively minute.
- ultraminuteextremely minute
- minutaryPertaining to, or consisting of, minutes.
- minutemenplural of minuteman: During the American War for Independence, a citizen-soldier who would fight for the Patriots at a minute's notice.