- jiff
- noun Date: 1797 jiffy
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jiff
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jiff — (jĭf) n. Informal A jiffy. * * * … Universalium
jiff — (n.) 1797, short for JIFFY (Cf. jiffy) … Etymology dictionary
jiff — n. (also jiffy, pl. ies) colloq. a short time; a moment (in a jiffy; half a jiff). Etymology: 18th c.: orig. unkn … Useful english dictionary
jiff — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. A very brief time: crack, flash, instant, minute1, moment, second1, trice, twinkle, twinkling, wink. Informal: jiffy. Chiefly British: tick. See BIG, TIME … English dictionary for students
jiff — n. jiffy, very short time, moment, instant, trice (Slang) … English contemporary dictionary
jiff — See jiffy … Thesaurus of popular words
jiff(y) — 1. Short time. 2. just a jiffy Please wait a moment. 3. in a jiffy Shortly … A concise dictionary of English slang
in a jiff(y) — mod. right away; immediately. (See also jiffy.) □ I’ll be there in a jiffy. □ The clerk’ll be with you in a jiff … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
in a jiff — See in a jiffy … Thesaurus of popular words
jiffy — (= jiff) in a jiff in a jiffy … Thesaurus of popular words
