Hypertext Webster Gateway: "jiffy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jiffy \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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" [syn: {blink of an
eye}, {flash}, {instant}, {split second}, {trice}, {twinkling},
{wink}, {New York minute}]
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