jiffy
IPA: dʒˈɪfi
noun
- (colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time.
- (computing) A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer – historically, and by convention, 0.01 of a second, but some computer operating systems use other values.
- (electronics) The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).
- (physics) The time taken for light to travel a specified distance in a vacuum, usually one centimetre (approximately 33.3564 picoseconds), but sometimes one foot or the width of a nucleon.
- (UK) Short for jiffy bag, a padded envelope.
- Alternative form of Jiffy bag. [(UK) Synonym of padded envelope.]
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Examples of "jiffy" in Sentences
- They can translate it in a jiffy.
- As it is, I would delete it in a jiffy.
- I'll be moving that incident in a jiffy.
- Also reply only here for this jiffy message.
- Jiffy is a useful disambiguation page at the moment.
- Grandpa's slow tones and the "jiffy" was very funny.
- They get this done in a jiffy, thanks to the database.
- Does your recipe have jiffy corn bread mix in it? vegas710
- A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1 / 100th of a second.
- None of the articles linked to on the Jiffy page mention Jiffy.
- Susi, who gets emotionally high strung, leaves the restaurant in a jiffy too.
- It will pay another Bt100 million to purchase the Jiffy convenience store brand.
- He assured me he'd be back in a "jiffy" and turned to head back into the garage.
- I'll find her in a jiffy, which is very quick time, indeed, "he told the children.
- And then, all seriousness and practicality, she went on: But we'll have that righted in a jiffy.
- If you want to, a quick light pull will jiffy her up and back and make a pretty mess all over your nice floor.
- As well as one of the few remaining human beings capable of using the word "jiffy" without corniness or ironic intent.
- Many hands make light work, and in what Bobolink called a "jiffy" there came plenty of wood of all kinds, from dead branches to small-sized logs.
- A barricade system for erection in a jiffy comprises various interchangeable components for quickly and easily making up a barricade appropriate to the immediate situation.
- Pulling out into traffic with confidence that what you've got behind the throttle will get with the flow in a jiffy is a HUGE plus side to the Burgman as compared to the smaller scoots.