Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

two-minute warning

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

Syllables
two-min-ute warn-ing
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In the NFL, a timeout and warning given to the coaches with two minutes to go before the end of each half.

Inflected Forms

two-minute warnings (plural)

Questions

What does two-minute warning mean?
In the NFL, a timeout and warning given to the coaches with two minutes to go before the end of each half.

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