secs
Fractions of minutes
Secs is informal for seconds, whether units of time or additional helpings of food.
Hang on a sec asks for a brief wait.
Can I have secs on the potatoes? requests more.
The singular sec is more common than the plural for time: Give me a sec.
instant
Brief period of time
- jiffyInformal term for instant
- flashBrief burst of light
- tickParasitic eight-legged pest
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
twinkling · blink · nanosecond · microsecond · millisecond · trice · wink · beat
moment
Brief period of time
heartbeat · twinkling · blink · nanosecond · microsecond · millisecond · trice · wink · beat · breath
minutes
Sixty-second intervals
chronometer · countdown · interval · duration · timing · elapsed · remaining · ticking · digital · display
- just a secondRequest for brief patience
- one secondMomentary delay request
- second thoughtsDoubts after deciding
- second chanceRenewed opportunity after failure
- split secondInfinitesimal unit of time
- second natureDeeply ingrained tendency
second, section, sector, sectarian, seconds, sect, dissect, sec, bisect