Meanings
plural red-hot minutes
- timeSynonym of hot minute (“an extremely short period of time”); a moment.
I didn't buy their version of things for a red-hot minute.
2013, Ellen Kanner, Feeding the Hungry Ghost: Life, Faith, and what to Eat for Dinner, →ISBN2 more examples
“Just a red-hot minute!” Tim darted between her and the raging teenager.
2011, Hannah Alexander, Jill Elizabeth Nelson, Season of Danger: Silent Night, Deadly Night\Mistletoe Mayhem, →ISBNSomewhere behind the navy sky the Cairns ships hung in gravity-defying non-orbit, in any emergency a screaming red-hot minute away.
2012, Ken MacLeod, Engine City: Engines of Light, →ISBNSynonyms: hot minute
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of hot minute (“an extremely short period of time”); a moment.
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