British Dictionary definitions for half-minute

half-minute

noun

1. 30 seconds
2. (as modifier)a half-minute lead
a short period of time; momentI'll be a half-minute

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Historical Examples

The half-minute or so of talk had enabled him to regain his breath.
The Rock of Chickamauga
Joseph A. Altsheler
For about a half-minute that seemed a half-century, he didn't know what to do.
Mixed Faces
Roy Norton
Wait a moment, fair creature; give me one half-minute for an explanation.
A Day's Ride
Charles James Lever
But it was only for a half-minute that old Parrish's endurance lasted.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930
Various
In a half-minute Forister and I, in our shirts, faced each other.
The O'Ruddy
Stephen Crane

half-minute

Examples from the Web for half-minute

Historical Examples

The half-minute or so of talk had enabled him to regain his breath.

For about a half-minute that seemed a half-century, he didn't know what to do.

Wait a moment, fair creature; give me one half-minute for an explanation.

But it was only for a half-minute that old Parrish's endurance lasted.

In a half-minute Forister and I, in our shirts, faced each other.