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.
- metamerised
- metamerism
- metamerization
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- metamerous
- metamery
- metamessage
- meta-metalanguage
- metamict
- metamictization
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- metamodel
- metamorphic
- metamorphical
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- metamorphism
- metamorphize
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- metamorphopsia
- metamorphose
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- metamorphosis
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- metamorphosist
- metamorphosize