Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

three-minute warning

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables: three--min-ute warn-ing
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A timeout and warning given to the coaches with three minutes to go before the end of each half; after this point, the clock stops at the end of every play. Analogous to the two-minute warning of American football.

Inflected Forms

three-minute warnings (plural)

Questions

What does three-minute warning mean?: A timeout and warning given to the coaches with three minutes to go before the end of each half; after this point, the clock stops at the end of every play. Analogous to the two-minute warning of American football.

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