As a Noun: 1. A period of minutes or hours during which you are waiting for something to happen. To you it seems like a very long period of time. As a Verb or Adjective: 1. For something to take many minutes or hours to happen, and for you it seems like a long time because you are waiting for it to end, waiting for something to happen, or because it is boring. Interactive: 1. Used alone to show your impatience, irritation or boredom with something which seems to be taking a long time to happen, to start to happen, or to finish.