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quarter time

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The interval between the first and second quarters of a sports match.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • 2019 Cameron Newbold and Tim Edmunds, Third quarter blitz guides Tigers to upset win Albany Advertiser, 12 May 2019. Accessed 13 May 2019. Banks was sent off for the remainder of the game and Barrow received a yellow card for wrestling as the Kangas led by a solidarity point at quarter time.

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