Browsing page 4 of words meaning time and frequency (related to) (77 words total)

noun

• a long time.

  We've been waiting for a grip.

  It's been a grip since I saw you last.

  I haven't heard from him in a grip.

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  Last edited on Sep 09 2012. Submitted by Keenan Kimani from Auburn, WA, USA on Mar 26 1998.

• a large quantity or amount.

  He has a grip of cash.

  I have a grip of phone calls to make today.

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  Last edited on Sep 10 1998. Submitted by Ed C. from Compton, CA, USA on Sep 10 1998.

• money.

  I'm out of grip.

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  Last edited on Nov 07 1999. Submitted by Patrick M. from Tulsa, OK, USA on Nov 07 1999.

• a weekend or carry-on sized bag with a handle at the top.

  Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by Abby from Lille, France on Jul 27 2010.

verb

• to steal.

  I gripped that necklace for my girl.

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  Last edited on Jan 05 2000. Submitted by Jeanne from Ft Myers, FL, USA on Jan 05 2000.

noun

• a period of waiting, during which little can be accomplished, until a particular external event occurs.

  My life is basically in a holding pattern until I hear back from the grad schools I applied to.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a period of time.
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  Last edited on Mar 26 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 26 2013.

verb

• to wait patiently.

  She told me to hold my horses.

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  Last edited on Apr 25 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

verb

• to wait.

  Hold up.

                                                                                                                                        
  
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  Last edited on Mar 02 2013. Submitted by jacki from Oakland, CA, USA on Jul 20 2002.

• "What?"

  Hold up - what was her name again?

  Last edited on Dec 12 2012. Submitted by jacki from Oakland, CA, USA on Jul 20 2002.

noun - uncountable

• very late. Typically later than one expected it to be.

  Dude, we better get going. It's a hundred o'clock.

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  Last edited on Jul 26 2010. Submitted by Kris H. from Birmingham, AL, USA on Apr 30 1999.

noun

• a short amount of time.

  I'll be with you in a jiffy.

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  Last edited on Dec 12 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 14 2009.

adjective

• outdated, antiquated, old. Note: usually refers to a style or fad.

  That shirt is so last-year.

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  Last edited on Feb 21 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.

adjective

• being late for menstruation, hence possibly pregnant.

  I may be pregnant since I'm late.

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  Last edited on Jan 02 2003. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 02 2003.

• out of style; "played out"; "last-year".

  That slang is so tragically late!

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  Last edited on Mar 22 2011. Submitted by J P. from St Louis, MO, USA on Feb 14 2005.

interjection

• abbreviated form of "later", i.e. "goodbye".

  Hey, I need to leave. Late!

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  Last edited on Apr 01 2013. Submitted by Jonathan Ruiz from Hemet, CA, USA on Oct 07 1997.