Definition of "quarter-hour" []

• Fifteen minutes. (noun)
• The point on a clock's face marking either 15 minutes after or 15 minutes before an hour. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "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."
• "Getting your AARP card and a gout diagnosis—that is one bad quarter-hour."