jiffy

jif·fy (j

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n. pl. jif·fies Informal

A short space of time; a moment. See Synonyms at moment.

[Origin unknown.]

jiffy [ˈdʒɪfɪ], jiff [dʒɪf]

n pl jiffies, jiffs

Informal a very short time wait a jiffy

[of unknown origin]

jiffy - An actual unit of time, .01 seconds.

See also related terms for seconds.

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Noun

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, flash

mo, moment, second, minute, bit - an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"

jiffy

noun (Informal) moment, second, flash, instant, twinkling, split second, trice, bat of an eye (informal) I'll have this truck fixed in a jiffy.

Translations

jiffy [ˈdʒɪfɪ] N → momento m, segundo m
in a jiffy → en un santiamén, en un momento, en un segundito(LAm)
to do sth in a jiffy → hacer algo en un santiamén or momento
wait a jiffy → espera un momentito, momentito(LAm), ahorita voy(Mex)

jiffy [ˈdʒɪfi] n
in a jiffy → en un clin d'œil
Jiffy bag® n → enveloppe f matelassée

jiffy, jiff

n (inf) → Minütchen nt (inf); I won’t be a jiffy → ich komme sofort or gleich; (= back soon) → ich bin sofort or gleich wieder da; wait a jiffy! → Augenblick (mal)! (inf); in a jiffy → sofort, gleich

jiffy [ˈdʒɪfɪ] n (fam) in a jiffy → in un baleno, in un batter d'occhio
wait a jiffy → aspetta un attimo

jiffy

n jiffy [ˈdʒifi]

a moment I'll be back in a jiffy. japtrap, ommesientjie, gou-gou, een-twee-drie لَحْظَه، في لَحْظَه миг okamžik i løbet af nul komma fem der Augenblick στιγμή instante, santiamén silmapilk لحظه؛ آن hetki en moins de deux רֶגָע पल časak, tren pillanat waktu sesaat, sebentar augnablik momento, istante 瞬間 잠시 akimirksnis []mirklis sekejap lagi ogenblikje øyeblikk, blunk momencik instante moment миг okamih trenutek tren ögonblick, nafs ชั่วเวลาประเดี๋ยว; ชั่วครู่เดียว an, lâhza 一會兒 мить تھوڑا وقفہ chốc lát 一会儿

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First of all it was up wid the windy in a jiffy, and thin she threw open her two peepers to the itmost, and thin it was a little gould spy-glass that she clapped tight to one o' them and divil may burn me if it didn't spake to me as plain as a peeper cud spake, and says it, through the spy-glass: "Och

Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context

Why, sold off in a jiffy, and no character, and I might find myself slaved about under a butcher's boy, or worked to death at some seaside place where no one cared for me, except to find out how fast I could go, or be flogged along in some cart with three or four great men in it going out for a Sunday spree, as I have often seen in the place I lived in before I came here; no," said he, shaking his head, "I hope I shall never come to that.

Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context

In a jiffy I had slipped over the side and curled up in the fore-sheets of the nearest boat, and almost at the same moment she shoved off.

Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context

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