Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Fifteen minutes.
- n. The point on a clock's face marking either 15 minutes after or 15 minutes before an hour.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a quarter of an hour
Examples
“With each quarter-hour chime, I prayed, “Maybe a baby next year, Lord, maybe a baby next year.””
“Until the last quarter-hour Blackburn played the more composed football and were usually quicker to the ball when it was not being given to them by the opposition's lackadaisical passing.”
The Guardian: West Ham left with sinking feeling despite avoiding Blackburn defeat
“Getting your AARP card and a gout diagnosis—that is one bad quarter-hour.”
“A crucial question, inimical to my quality of life, at least for the next quarter-hour, confronted me: What street, or streets, to cut east on?”
“The doorbell rang at exactly 8:15— a rather amateurish version of“fashionably late,” thought Marilyn, who, whenshewas a guest, made it a point to show up to these sorts of evenings at 8:12 or 8:18 or 8:27 but never exactly on the so-obviously-calculated quarter-hour.”
“Now all it needs is a collection of animatronic dolls singing "It's A Small World After All," over and over on the quarter-hour.”
“For all their huff and puff, Manchester United haven't done much in the opening minutes of the final quarter-hour and that foul seems to have been borne of frustration.”
“But in the last quarter-hour his production achieves a magical simplicity that induces a sense of awe and wonder.”
The Guardian: The Comedy of Errors, Olivier, London | Theatre review
“On the quarter-hour Leo Messi had produced an assist that was almost a carbon copy of the one provided for David Villa when Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 5-0 last November.”
The Guardian: Cesc Fábregas starts with a night to remember at Barcelona
“From the moment Van Persie became the first name in the book on the quarter-hour mark for fouling Joan Capdevila, Webb was on a hiding to nothing.”
The Guardian: World Cup final: Howard Webb's dream job descends into nightmare
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