half-minute

noun

1. 1. 30 seconds
   2. ( as modifier )

      a half-minute lead

2. a short period of time; moment

   I'll be a half-minute

Example Sentences

There is, inevitably, a rambling quality to an eight-and-a-half-minute monologue.

From The Daily Beast

Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts posted a two-and-a-half-minute Web video perpetuating the confusion.

From The Daily Beast

The remaining one struggled for another half-minute, and flared up in one last, desperate effort.

From Project Gutenberg

The second hand wiped over the "20" of the smaller dial, jittered on toward the half-minute spot.

From Project Gutenberg

A half-minute later I had caught up with Mr. Norcross, and together we left the building and went up to the Bullard for dinner.

From Project Gutenberg

Down the bay they raced, the Bodega leading slightly, both tugs whistling at half-minute intervals.

From Project Gutenberg

Perhaps one half-minute later Dicky's head appeared from beneath the water which had submerged him.

From Project Gutenberg