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jiffy
jif·fy J0041100 (jĭf′ē)n. pl. jif·fies Informal A short space of time; a moment. See Synonyms at moment.
[Origin unknown.]jiffy (ˈdʒɪfɪ) or jiffn, pl jiffies or jiffsinformal a very short time: wait a jiffy. [C18: of unknown origin]jif•fy (ˈdʒɪf i) also jiff (dʒɪf)
n., pl. jif•fies also jiffs. Informal. a very short time; moment; instant: to get dressed in a jiffy. [1770–80] jiffy - An actual unit of time, .01 seconds.See also related terms for seconds.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  jiffy - a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"instant, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, blink of an eye, heartbeat, flashmo, moment, second, minute, bit - an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" |
jiffynoun (Informal) moment, second, flash, instant, twinkling, split second, trice, bat of an eye (informal) I'll have this truck fixed in a jiffy.jiffynounInformal. A very brief time:crack, flash, instant, minute, moment, second, trice, twinkle, twinkling, wink.Informal: jiff.Chiefly British: tick.Translationsjiffy (ˈdʒifi) noun a moment. I'll be back in a jiffy. 一會兒 一会儿jiffy
in a flashImmediately; very quickly; at once. Just call us on this number if you have any problems, and we'll be back in a flash. Don't worry, boss, I'll have this report typed up in a flash!See also: flashjiffyA very short amount of time. Used in the phrase "in a jiffy," meaning immediately, very quickly, or at once. Just call us on this number if you have any problems, and we'll be back in a jiffy. Don't worry, boss, I'll have this report typed up in a jiffy!in a jiff(y)Immediately, very quickly, or at once. Just call us on this number if you have any problems, and we'll be back in a jiffy. Don't worry, boss, I'll have this report typed up in a jiffy!in a flashFig. quickly; immediately. I'll be there in a flash. It happened in a flash. Suddenly my wallet was gone.See also: flashin a jiffyFig. very fast; very soon. Just wait a minute. I'll be there in a jiffy. I'll be finished in a jiffy.See also: jiffyin a flashAlso, in a jiffy or second or trice . Quickly, immediately. For example, I'll be with you in a flash, or He said he'd be done in a jiffy, or I'll be off the phone in a second, or I felt a drop or two, and in a trice there was a downpour. The first idiom alludes to a flash of lightning and dates from about 1800. The word jiffy, meaning "a short time," is of uncertain origin and dates from the late 1700s (as does the idiom using it); a second, literally one-sixtieth of a minute, has been used vaguely to mean "a very short time" since the early 1800s; and trice originally meant "a single pull at something" and has been used figuratively since the 1500s. See also: flashjiffysee under in a flash. in a flash mod. right away; immediately. (see also flash.) Get over here in a flash, or else. See also: flashin a jiff(y) mod. right away; immediately. (see also jiffy.) The clerk’ll be with you in a jiff. See also: jiffyjiffy (ˈdʒɪfi) n. a very short time. (see also in a jiff(y).) Just a jiffy, I’ll be there. jiffy
jiffy (1)The duration of one tick of the computer's system clock. Often one AC cycle time (1/60 second in the US andCanada, 1/50 most other places), but more recently 1/100 sechas become common.jiffy (2)Confusingly, the term is sometimes also used for a1-millisecond wall time interval. Even more confusingly,physicists semi-jokingly use "jiffy" to mean the time requiredfor light to travel one foot in a vacuum, which turns out tobe close to one *nanosecond*.jiffyA fraction of time that has numerous interpretations depending on who uses it. It may refer to one computer clock cycle, one nanosecond, one millisecond or one AC power cycle. There may be others. See nanosecond.MedicalSeenanosecondjiffy
Synonyms for jiffynoun momentSynonyms- moment
- second
- flash
- instant
- twinkling
- split second
- trice
- bat of an eye
Synonyms for jiffynoun a very brief timeSynonyms- crack
- flash
- instant
- minute
- moment
- second
- trice
- twinkle
- twinkling
- wink
- jiff
- tick
Synonyms for jiffynoun a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)Synonyms- instant
- New York minute
- split second
- trice
- twinkling
- wink
- blink of an eye
- heartbeat
- flash
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