the words meaning is a long time. if you aint seen someone in a while or if you aint been someplace in a while or done something in a while it will a hot minute. it can mean in years months weeks or days. just means awhile

Intelligence agency term for "psychological operation". A government or corporate-sponsored operation, usually taking the form of a "terrorist attack" or "crazed gunman on a spree", with the intent of panicking the public into demanding more police and laws inhibiting freedom. Psyops are usually carried out by drugging a civilian or group of civilians with aggression-promoting drugs, psyching them up, arming them, and sending them out to commit mayhem. Government-sponsored terrorism. See also blackshirts, conspiracy

Typically longer than the slang "minute" the hot minute is defined as a very long time. Usually between a two to twenty years.

A period of time, usually ranging from a few months to a few years.

Anywhere between 2 and 55 minutes.

The one Minute you have after receiving cheese sticks to eat them before the turn into fried rubber.

term used to describe a 'shortish' period of time, but not literally 60 seconds.