jiffy
11Jiffy — Ein Jiffy bezeichnet im englischen ein kurzes, häufig nicht näher spezifiziertes Zeitintervall (ähnlich dem deutschen „Augenblick“ oder „Moment“). Es wird vermutet, dass der Begriff aus dem kriminellen Slang des 18. Jahrhunderts stammt.[1] In… …
12jiffy — n. (colloq.) short time in a jiffy * * * [ dʒɪfɪ] (colloq.) [ short time ] in a jiffy …
13jiffy — jif|fy [ˈdʒıfi] n also jiff [dʒıf] spoken [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Perhaps from Bantu tshipi short ] in a jiffy very soon ▪ I ll be with you in a jiffy …
14jiffy — also jiff noun (singular) spoken in a jiffy very soon: I ll be with you in a jiffy …
15jiffy — [“d 3ifi] n. a very short time. (See also in a jiff(y).) □ That was a pretty long jiffy I had to wait! □ Just a jiffy, I’ll be there …
16jiffy — noun (plural jiffies) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1779 moment, instant < ready in a jiffy > …
17jiffy — /jif ee/, n., pl. jiffies. Informal. a very short time; moment: to get dressed in a jiffy. Also, jiff /jif/. [1770 80; orig. uncert.] Syn. instant, flash, second, trice. * * * …
18jiffy — noun a) A very short, unspecified length of time. Ill be back in a jiffy. b) A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer; historically, and by convention, 0.01 seconds, but some operating systems use other values. Syn: instant,… …
19jiffy — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
20jiffy — jif|fy [ dʒıfi ] noun in a jiffy SPOKEN very quickly or very soon …
