About The Word Jiffy
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Jiffy
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What's The Definition Of Jiffy?
[n] a very short time (as the time it takes to blink once); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Jiffy: blink of an eye | flash | instant | New York minute | split second | trice | twinkling | wink Related Terms | Find terms related to Jiffy: breath | breathing | coup | crack | flash | half a jiffy | half a mo | half a second | half a shake | instant | jiff | microsecond | millisecond | minute | moment | sec | second | shake | split second | stroke | tick | trice | twink | twinkle | twinkling | twitch | two shakes | wink See Also | bit | minute | moment | second Jiffy In Webster's Dictionary \Jif"fy\, n. [Perh. corrupt. fr. gliff.] [Written also
{giffy}.]
A moment; an instant; as, I will be ready in a jiffy.
[Colloq.] --J. & H. Smith.
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