Mile-a-minute
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mile-a-minute is a noun meaning Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.
Meaning
Any of several species of fast-growing plants, some of which are extremely invasive outside their native range and undesirable.
More Meanings
- At the rate of one mile per minute; sixty miles per hour.
- (informal, idiomatic) Very fast.
Example Sentences
He was all excited after the game, talking a mile-a-minute about the last-second shot.
Mr. Baird adds that this is not the first post-war example of a mile-a-minute timing in G.S.W.R. territory.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mile, miler, mileometer, minute, mileway, milometer.
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