jiffy

IPA: dʒˈɪfi

(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.]

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.
They get this done in a jiffy, thanks to the database.
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.
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.