gimme a sec
Just a moment
Gimme a sec is a casual request for a brief pause—a contraction of "give me a second." The second isn't literal; it just means a short moment: Gimme a sec, I'm almost done.
Common in speech and informal writing, it signals you need someone to wait while you finish something.
- waitDelay until later
- one secInformal pause request
- momentBrief period of time
- just a minuteRequest for brief patience
- hold onWait or maintain grip
hold up · pause · hang on · one moment · just a sec · hang tight · patience · brief · quick · hesitate · interrupt · finger · gesture · delay · instant · tick · jiffy · breather
- Wait phraseshold on, hang on, just a sec, one moment, pause
urgency/timing
gimme a secright now
At the present moment
immediately · this instant · now · hurry up · chop chop
availability/readiness
gimme a secI'm ready
Prepared to begin
at your service · go ahead · fire away · shoot · standing by
give, second, gives, given, giver, seconds, secondly, secondary