jiffy

  • 41jiffy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, moment, instant, flash. See instantaneity. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. instant, moment, second, *blink of an eye, *heartbeat, *two shakes of a lamb s tail, flash, twinkling. ANT.:… …

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  • 42jiffy — unit of time used in computing equal to 1/100 second; any small unit of time Units of Measurement …

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  • 43jiffy — jif·fy || dʒɪfɪ n. very short time, moment, instant, trice (Slang) …

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  • 44jiffy — (also jiff) noun informal a moment. Origin C18: of unknown origin …

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  • 45jiffy — n. (Colloq.) Instant, moment, second, twinkling, trice, flash, twinkling of an eye …

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  • 46jiffy — n Informal. a little while, a short time, Inf. whipstitch; minute, moment, second, Inf. sec, split second, instant; flash, twinkling, twinkle, breath, trice; eyewink, wink of the eye, Fr. coup d oeil. twinkling of an eye, Inf. bat of an eye, two… …

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  • 47jiffy — jif·fy …

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  • 48jiffy — noun 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 • Syn: ↑blink of an eye, ↑flash, ↑heartbeat, ↑instant, ↑split second, ↑trice, ↑twinkling …

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  • 49Jiffy bag{™} — n a British make of padded envelope for protecting things that are being sent by post. * * * …

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  • 50Jiffy bag — noun /ˈdʒɪf.iˌbæɡ/ a thick envelope for sending objects which could be damaged in normal envelopes …

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