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seconds

  • noun
  • sec·onds
  • sĕʹkəndz

A second helping of food for one person, or refill of coffee or other drink.

Example

“There is plenty of pie left, if you have room for seconds.”

Other meanings

  1. An item of clothing that has failed quality control and is sold at a discount

    “It was marked as seconds, but I can't find anything wrong with it.”

  2. Any article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; especially, a coarse or inferior kind of flour.

Example sentences

  • “I shaved a couple seconds off my time.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “Trust takes years to build, seconds to break.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “seconds” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.