jiff
/dʒɪf/noun [in singular] informal
A very short time; a moment: I’ll have breakfast ready in a jiff...
- You like scrambled eggs better? I can whip them up in a jiff.
- He can bat for long periods, yet is so powerful that he can change the complexion of a game in a jiff.
- I'll be back in a jiff.
Origin
Late 18th century: shortened from jiffy.
- bean sprouts
- beanstalk
- Beantown
- Beantowner
- be anyone's
- be any (or no or much) good
- be any use
- be a question of time
- bear
- bearability
- bearable
- bearableness
- bearably
- bear a hand
- bear a relation (or relationship) to
- bear a resemblance (or similarity) to
- bear arms
- bear away
- bear-baiting
- bearberry
- bearcat
- bear claw
- beard
- bearded
- bearded collie