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jiffy

[ jif-ee ]

/ ˈdʒɪf i /

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noun, plural jif·fies. Informal.

a very short time; moment: to get dressed in a jiffy.

Also jiff [jif] /dʒɪf/.

Origin of jiffy

First recorded in 1770–80; origin uncertain

SYNONYMS FOR jiffy

instant, flash, second, trice.

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Words nearby jiffy

jicama, jicarilla, jictar, jidda, jiddah, jiffy, jiffy bag, jig, jig back, jig is up, jigaboo

Example sentences from the Web for jiffy

The GFY (pronounced “jiffy”) is essentially a more technologically advanced version of the ubiquitous GIF.

Are GFYs Bad For Your Sex Life? |Lizzie Crocker |March 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
You can be the leader of a Salvadoran death squad, and then manage a Jiffy Lube in North Miami.

Sunshine: Florida’s Fraught Relationship With the Truth |Jim DeFede |March 17, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
To this day, I pick up a box of Jiffy cornbread mix when shopping.

Ricotta Cheese Recipe: How to Make Your Own |Petrit Husenaj |March 15, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson says the Jiffy Lube logo makes more fiscal sense.

How to Make a $50 Bill Worth Millions |Barry Levinson |March 30, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

The other, about Sting performing at Jiffy Lube Live, a concert venue in Bristow, Virginia.

How to Make a $50 Bill Worth Millions |Barry Levinson |March 30, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
But Holden tumbled and several Princeton men were on him in a jiffy.

Football Days |William H. Edwards
Get upon the deck, and I'll swaller this iron if you aren't able to dance a breakdown in a jiffy!

The Wreck of the Grosvenor, Volume 1 of 3 |William Clark Russell
"That I will," said Tommy, and in a jiffy he had gnawed them free.

Kernel Cob And Little Miss Sweetclover |George Mitchel
I can't take it with me, for it would be a bother, an' if it tried to spout po'try I'd be discovered in a jiffy.

Sky Island |L. Frank Baum
This you see generates a terrific heat, and in a jiffy the soup is made piping hot.

Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail |Silas K. Boone

British Dictionary definitions for jiffy

jiffy

jiff (dʒɪf)

/ (ˈdʒɪfɪ) /

noun plural jiffies or jiffs

informal a very short time wait a jiffy

Word Origin for jiffy

C18: of unknown origin

Idioms and Phrases with jiffy

jiffy

see under in a flash.