15 minutes

Noun

Meaning

a quarter of an hour

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

quarter-hour quarter of an hour 15 minute block 15 minute duration a fourth-hour 15 minute increment a quarter hour 15 minute period a quarter of an hour 15 minute segment a quarter of an hr 15 minute slot fifteen mins 15 minute span one-fourth of an hour

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Hypernyms

unit of time time unit

Examples

If you get beyond the political rhetoric [and assembled a group to solve Social Security] it would take them 15 minutes. It would take them 15 minutes only because 10 minutes was used for pleasantries. Alan Greenspan

I had my 15 minutes of being the new boy of pop, like lots of people before and after me. Overnight, everyone starts treating you differently, and perceives you differently. Rick Astley

Women are like ovens. We need 5 to 15 minutes to heat up. Sandra Bullock

I just don't know a couple that's been married more than three years that doesn't annoy the heck out of each other every 15 minutes. Patricia Heaton

There's good news and bad news about 2 Fast 2 Furious, the moronic follow-up to The Fast and the Furious and a contender for the worst movie of 2003. The good news is that it's better, albeit marginally, than Freddy Got Fingered. The bad news is that it's 15 minutes longer. James Berardinelli

You guys are trying to stop Musial in 15 minutes while the National League ain't stopped him in 15 years. Yogi Berra

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