Definition of a New York minute

New York minute    

noun

• a brief amount of time.

  My son wants this expensive jacket. But he's growing so fast he'll outgrow it in a New York minute.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a period of time.
  • See more words with the same meaning: fast, quick, quickly.

  Last edited on Nov 21 2018. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 21 2018.

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Other terms relating to 'a period of time':
since Hector was a pup	Definitions include: for a long time.
blip	Definitions include: a short amount of time.
jiffy	Definitions include: a short amount of time.
clutch, the	Definitions include: a metaphorical place suggesting a difficult situation or period of time.
sesh	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "session".
grip	Definitions include: a long time.
24	Definitions include: 24 hours, i.e. one day.
buck	Definitions include: unattractive.
long run, the	Definitions include: the future.
trip	Definitions include: to take LSD.
mo	Definitions include: "moment".
48	Definitions include: 48 hours, i.e. 2 days.
piece	Definitions include: a graffiti mural.
stretch	Definitions include: a period of time.
days	Definitions include: a long time.
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Other terms relating to 'fast, quick, quickly':
at the drop of a hat	Definitions include: at any moment; without persuasion
scream	Definitions include: to be strongly in agreement.
right quick	Definitions include: quickly.
jet	Definitions include: to leave.
wit da quickness	Definitions include: quickly.
like crap through a goose	Definitions include: quickly.
faster than sh*t through a goose	Definitions include: extremely fast.
book it	Definitions include: to move very fast.
double-time it	Definitions include: to do something quickly.
in a heartbeat	Definitions include: quickly.
smoke	Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm.
quick	Definitions include: "quickly".
ASAP	Definitions include: acronym for "as soon as possible".
nippy	Definitions include: fast.
like sh*t off a shovel	Definitions include: quickly.
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'minute':
45 minute Catholic	Definitions include: a person who practices the virtues of Catholicism for the duration of the mass (roughly 45 minutes) but not for the remainder of the week.
for a minute	Definitions include: for a short period of time.
hot minute	Definitions include: a long time.
in a New York minute	Definitions include: quickly.
min	Definitions include: minute, moment, soon.
minute	Definitions include: a long period of time.
naw min	Definitions include: Naw min in other words is no.
so 15 minutes ago	Definitions include: out-dated.
thrill a minute	Definitions include: something exciting.
Other terms relating to 'new':
act brand new	Definitions include: to put on airs.
brand new	Definitions include: different, or fake, or hateful, like they was born yesterday.
brand spanking new	Definitions include: new.
East Jesus, New Jersey	Definitions include: somewhere in the middle of nowhere
FNG	Definitions include: "fucking new guy".
I for one welcome our new 'X' overlords	Definitions include: a comment that usually serves no other purpose above telling listeners (or more often: readers) that the speaker (writer) is in the technological "in group".
in a New York minute	Definitions include: quickly.
new ball game	Definitions include: a new situation.
new black, the	Definitions include: a new popular thing.
new blood	Definitions include: a newcomer.
new hotness, the	Definitions include: a new popular thing.
New Jeru	Definitions include: New Jersey.
new kid on the block	Definitions include: the new person somewhere.
NYE	Definitions include: acronym for "New Year's Eve".
rip a new *sshole	Definitions include: to attack, beat up.
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Other terms relating to 'york':
in a New York minute	Definitions include: quickly.
york	Definitions include: to vomit.

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