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Jiffy

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Noun

1. blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, new york minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink

a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

Example Sentences:
'if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Jiffy

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nounWord forms: plural jiffies or jiffs
informal
a very short time
wait a jiffy

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Jiffy

see synonyms of jiffy
nounWord forms: plural ˈjiffies
Informal
a very short time; instant
done in a jiffy
: also jiff

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Jiffy

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n. pl. jif·fies
Informal
A short space of time; a moment. See Synonyms at moment.

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