red-hot minute

English

Noun

red-hot minute (plural red-hot minutes)

1. (time) Alternative form of hot minute; moment.
   • 2011, Hannah Alexander, Jill Elizabeth Nelson, Season of Danger: Silent Night, Deadly Night\Mistletoe Mayhem, →ISBN:

     “Just a red-hot minute!” Tim darted between her and the raging teenager.

   • 2012, Ken MacLeod, Engine City: Engines of Light, →ISBN:

     Somewhere behind the navy sky the Cairns ships hung in gravity-defying non-orbit, in any emergency a screaming red-hot minute away.

   • 2013, Ellen Kanner, Feeding the Hungry Ghost: Life, Faith, and what to Eat for Dinner, →ISBN:

     I didn't buy their version of things for a red-hot minute.