Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

football minute

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables: foot-bal-l minute
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A time interval that has been called a minute but which actually takes much longer.

Example Sentences

"She said she'd be down in a minute, but it's more like a football minute."

Etymology

From the fact that a minute on the clock of a gridiron football game actually takes much longer than a minute in real time, due to stoppages in play.

Inflected Forms

football minutes (plural)

Antonyms

New York minute

Questions

What does football minute mean?: A time interval that has been called a minute but which actually takes much longer.
Where does football minute come from?: From the fact that a minute on the clock of a gridiron football game actually takes much longer than a minute in real time, due to stoppages in play.

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