sec

Etymology

noun

  1. (colloquial) Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.
  2. (colloquial) Clipping of second (“short indeterminate period of time”).
    Wait a sec!
    And the sloping of the shoulder / From the slender shapely neck / Makes you long to come behind her and to hold her / Just a sec. 1881-08-27, “In Church”, in Supplement to the Manchester Weekly Times, Manchester, England, page 8
  3. (colloquial, politics) Clipping of secretary.
    shadow sec

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