JIFFIES Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

jiffies

noun

plural of jiffy

as in seconds

a very small space of time I'll be there in a jiffy

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Noun

Place the pita directly on the oven rack and broil until toasted, 30 seconds to 1 minute.

— Kate Williams, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
The path of totality — the moon’s dark shadow — will cross eastern Greenland, western Iceland and northern Spain, from where the sun’s corona will become visible, if skies are clear, for up to 2 minutes 18 seconds.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of seconds

Noun

For a relatively small fee, someone meets you at the aircraft, carries your bags, escorts you through customs in just a few minutes, helps collect your luggage, and takes you directly to your transportation.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Mora erased a 1-0 deficit with goals in the 56th and 67th minutes, giving him 48 in 145 regular-season appearances — third most in club history.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026

Definition of minutes

Noun

People who develop racing heartbeats, tremors, anxiety, insomnia, reflux, headaches or reproducible palpitations after drinking coffee should not ignore those symptoms simply because population studies are reassuring.

— Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
But the most striking of the new songs is the opener, a slow-motion unfurling against a backdrop of heartbeats and zithers.

— Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 July 2026

Definition of heartbeats

Noun

After forming an alliance with Pogačar — who put on a show even through the typically ceremonial last stage — an exhausted van der Poel faced an onslaught in the final moments but hung on by a thread.

— Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Attitude Control Motors provide precise steering during the final moments before impact.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026

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