at a moment's notice



at a moment's notice

With little time to prepare; immediately and at any time. Firefighters need to be able to spring into action at a moment's notice. I can't give a speech at a moment's notice!
See also: notice

at a moment's notice

 and on a moment's notice
with very little advance notice; with just a little bit of warning. They are always asking us to produce reports at a moment's notice.
See also: notice

at a moment's notice

almost immediately Everyone was packed and ready to leave at a moment's notice.
Related vocabulary: at the drop of a hat
See also: notice

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MonikaMO-ni-kah (German), maw-NEE-kah (Polish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Raanan-Hebrew
'Elifelet-Biblical Hebrew
TashaTASH-ə (English)Russian, English
TÓFi-Ancient Scandinavian
PorschePAWR-shəEnglish (Modern)