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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
seconds

"articles below the first quality," c.1600, plural of second (n.) "that which is after the first" (early 14c.), from second (adj.); originally attested in this sense in a Shakespeare sonnet. Meaning "second helping of food at a meal" is recorded from 1792.

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seconds

n. 1 (plural of second English) 2 A second serving of food for one person. 3 An item of clothing that has failed quality control and is sold at a discount 4 Any article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; especially, a coarse or inferior kind of flour. vb. (en-third-person singular of: second)

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Seconds (Kate Rogers album)

Seconds is the third album released by Kate Rogers. Her first album was a compilation of her guest appearances as vocalist on Grand Central Records releases, entitled Kate Rogers Vs Grand Central. This was followed by St. Eustacia, an album of original material, written and performed by Rogers.

Seconds consists of 8 somewhat surprising cover versions in Kate's downtempo style, plus one new original track, written and performed with Grand Central Records label-mate, Jon Kennedy

Seconds (1966 film)

Seconds is a 1966 American science fiction drama film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Rock Hudson. The screenplay by Lewis John Carlino was based on Seconds, a novel by David Ely. The film was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival and released by Paramount Pictures. The cinematography by James Wong Howe was nominated for an Academy Award.

In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

Seconds (song)

"Seconds" is the second track on U2's 1983 album, War. The track, with its recurring lyric of "it takes a second to say goodbye", refers to nuclear proliferation. It is the first song in the band's history not sung solely by Bono, as the Edge sings the first two stanzas.

There is a break of approximately 11 seconds in the song at 2:10 featuring a sample of a 1982 TV documentary titled Soldier Girls. Bono said that he was watching this documentary while he was waiting in the green room in Windmill Lane Studios and he recorded it. The band felt it would fit well into the song as unsettling evidence of soldiers training for an atomic bomb explosion.

Seconds (The Dogs D'Amour album)

Seconds is a release by rock band The Dogs D'Amour. The album was available as part of a limited edition "Dogs Dinner" boxet in 2000, that was sold as part of the fanclub in conjunction with the independent release of " Happy Ever After".

Seconds (comics)

Seconds is a graphic novel by Bryan Lee O'Malley. Published on July 15, 2014 by Ballantine Books, the novel tells the story of Katie Clay, head chef at a prospering restaurant named Seconds, who obtains the ability to fix her past mistakes by writing them down in a notebook, eating a mushroom, and falling asleep. Abusing the power to make her life perfect, Katie ends up creating more problems for herself.

Seconds (Tim Berne album)

Seconds is a live 2-CD set by saxophonist Tim Berne's Bloodcount which was recorded in 1997 and packaged along with a documentary DVD which was recorded in 1994 and released on Berne's Screwgun label.

Seconds (2014 film)

Seconds is a Malayalam thriller film directed by Aneesh Upasana. The film stars Jayasurya, Aparna Nair, Vinay Forrt, Ajay Nataraj, Ambika Mohan, Riyaz Khan, Anusree Nair, Salim Kumar, Shankar Ramakrishnan and Vinayakan in prominent roles. It was released on December 5, 2014.

The film is a multi narrative, told in a non linear format, which revolves around a murder that happens in the elevator of a city apartment. Four unrelated persons of which one was a ruffian were in the lift; two were left seriously injured and one dead. The police officer on investigation, Bimal Vaas, asks for the whereabouts of the persons who were in the lift and their lives on the day leading up to the incident is shown.

Usage examples of "seconds".

I am sure that I will ejaculate within two seconds of the moment they choose, probably just after Cathy announces expiration of my two hour period.

In only a few seconds Astoria emerged, holding a blue block in one hand.

Her lips held him only loosely until his spasms subsided, when she closed again for a few seconds before fully releasing him.

They kissed for several seconds, both her feet rising off the floor to wrap legs about his hips.

Thirty seconds later her four attendants had taken her by arms and legs and were bearing her to the adjacent pink.

In but a few seconds she shivered and he tasted a sudden increase in sweetness.

For several seconds there was silence from the girl and occasional grunts of interest from the man.

The difference in velocity is only the direction vector, but it is enough to require a constant 57 seconds of gate recharge.

For long seconds they strained together until at last she turned resolutely away.

When Doris returned after the few seconds required to stuff her fist with banknotes, he parted from Cathy to display a stiff erection.

Then she turned and imbibed for several seconds alternately from the two thinnest nipples.

He remembered several orgasms, culminating in the last and most powerful just seconds ago.

Jane opened the door for him a few seconds after his peal on the bell.

Five minutes and 35 seconds after the last the lungs took their first shuddering breath and began a shallow pant to recover the oxygen deficiency.

Both left him to drink for thirty seconds from the thick nipples, each having been temporarily converted to production of the appropriate raw materials by presentation of the Errin tongues.