jiffy

noun jif·fy \ ˈji-fē \

Updated on: 3 May 2018

Definition of jiffy

plural jiffies

: moment, instant

ready in a jiffy

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Examples of jiffy in a Sentence

I'll be there in a jiffy.

Recent Examples of jiffy from the Web

To focus the minds of both bankers and borrowers, if no deal can be cut within nine months—a jiffy by Indian legal standards—the firm is shut down and its equipment sold for scrap.

— The Economist, "The humbling of India’s tycoons," 19 Apr. 2018
So some rich guy gets to zip into the Loop in a jiffy.

— ben joravsky, Chicago Reader, "Rahm’s dream of an express train to O’Hare is like a nightmare from Trump," 21 Feb. 2018
The home run to left, a line shot that left the park in a jiffy, accounted for just the third run Darvish had allowed to that point in October, after winning his first two starts.

— jorge l. ortiz, USA TODAY, "World Series: Yuli Gurriel surprised gesture toward Yu Darvish turned into focal point," 28 Oct. 2017
Built in a jiffy in 1891, that stadium served Baltimore’s first championship baseball team, which captured three straight National League pennants from 1894 to 1896.

— mike klingaman, baltimoresun.com, "When the Orioles played at Union Park," 25 May 2017
South Broward and Miami-Dade shoppers can expect grocery deliveries and other goods in a jiffy as Amazon Prime Now opens a new processing hub in the Wynwood Arts District on Wednesday.

— doreen christensen, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Amazon expands one-hour delivery with new Prime Now hub in Wynwood in Miami," 28 June 2017

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