jiffn.
/dʒɪf/, U.S. /dʒɪf/ colloquial.
= jiffy n.
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the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant
hand-whileOE
prinkOE
start-while?c1225
twinkling1303
rese?c1335
prick1340
momenta1382
pointa1382
minutea1393
instant1398
braida1400
siquarea1400
twink14..
whip?c1450
movement1490
punct1513
pissing whilea1556
trice1579
turning of a hand1579
wink1585
twinklec1592
semiquaver1602
punto1616
punctilio of time1620
punctum1620
breathing1625
instance1631
tantillation1651
rapc1700
crack1725
turning of a straw1755
pig's whisper1780
jiffy1785
less than no time1788
jiff1797
blinka1813
gliffy1820
handclap1822
glimpsea1824
eyewink1836
thought1836
eye-blink1838
semibreve1845
pop1847
two shakes of a lamb's taila1855
pig's whistle1859
time point1867
New York minute1870
tick1879
mo?1896
second1897
styme1897
split-second1912
split minute1931
no-time1942
sec.1956
1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl V. iv. 110 'Twould raise a mutiny in a jiff.
1894 W. H. Wilkins & H. Vivian Green Bay Tree I. 76 I'll be back in two jiffs.
1899 E. J. Chapman Amphioxus & Ascidian in Drama Two Lives 83 He grasps the creature in a jiff.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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