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单词 New York minute
释义

New York minute

noun

plural New York minutes
US, informal
: a very brief span of time : instant, flash
If he asks if everything is to your liking, he does it in a tone that suggests he'll fix any little thing that's wrong in a New York minute. John Mariani
… no one believes for a New York minute that 16 acres of prime Manhattan real estate will be left undeveloped … Cathleen McGuigan

Synonyms

  • beat
  • eyeblink
  • flash
  • heartbeat
  • instant
  • jiff
  • jiffy
  • minute
  • moment
  • nanosecond
  • second
  • shake
  • split second
  • trice
  • twinkle
  • twinkling
  • wink
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Example Sentences

in a New York minute she had signed the contract and was off on her first assignment

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

New York minute

noun

as in minute
a very small space of time in a New York minute she had signed the contract and was off on her first assignment

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • minute
  • second
  • moment
  • heartbeat
  • split second
  • instant
  • jiffy
  • wink
  • trice
  • nanosecond
  • shake
  • twinkling
  • twinkle
  • jiff
  • beat
  • flash
  • eyeblink
  • microsecond
  • snatch
  • spurt

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • age
  • forever
  • lifetime
  • eon
  • eternity
  • aeon
  • infinity
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