NEW YORK MINUTE

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does New York minute mean? 

• NEW YORK MINUTE (noun)
  The noun NEW YORK MINUTE has 1 sense:

1. a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

  Familiarity information: NEW YORK MINUTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEW YORK MINUTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

blink of an eye; flash; heartbeat; instant; jiffy; New York minute; split second; trice; twinkling; wink

Context example:

if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash

Hypernyms ("New York minute" is a kind of...):

bit; minute; mo; moment; second (an indefinitely short time)