Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mile-a-minute

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

Syllables: mile-a-minute
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.

noun

Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.

noun

Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.

noun

Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.

noun

Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.

noun

Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.

adj

At the rate of one mile per minute; sixty miles per hour.

adv

Informal

Example Sentences

"Mr. Baird adds that this is not the first post-war example of a mile-a-minute timing in G.S.W.R. territory."
"He was all excited after the game, talking a mile-a-minute about the last-second shot."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

mile-a-minutes (plural) mile a minute (alternative)

Questions

What does mile-a-minute mean?: Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.

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