as in minute
a very small space of time
I'll be there in a jiffy
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Recent Examples of jiffy
Unlike a trash can, which can be emptied in a jiffy, garbage disposal cleaning needs to be more than running it for 30 seconds with hot water.
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Julia Mitchem, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
Here, a range of cozy options that ship out in a jiffy via Prime delivery, with the option to tack on a duvet cover separately.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 7 Dec. 2024
Alternatively, Keurig’s rinse pods will do the trick in a jiffy.
—Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 28 Mar. 2025
Verdict: Small, Fast, and Effective With its deep analysis in the cloud, Webroot’s local presence is tiny, and its scans finish in a jiffy.
—PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2025
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Julia Mitchem, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
Here, a range of cozy options that ship out in a jiffy via Prime delivery, with the option to tack on a duvet cover separately.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 7 Dec. 2024
Alternatively, Keurig’s rinse pods will do the trick in a jiffy.
—Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 28 Mar. 2025
Verdict: Small, Fast, and Effective With its deep analysis in the cloud, Webroot’s local presence is tiny, and its scans finish in a jiffy.
—PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jiffy
Noun
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Sarandos touted how the streamer has filmed in over 200 cities across Spain, helped support more than 20,000 jobs, The Tres Cantos campus, located about 30 minutes by car north of Madrid, is Netflix’s biggest studio complex in Europe, with 10 soundstages.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2025
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Despite 80 minutes of hockey down, the Panthers had two forwards, center Jesper Boqvist and Jonah Gadjovich, under 10 minutes of ice time for the game.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
9 June 2025
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Gonzalez said his home run Friday, his second of the season, included a hunting trip.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2025
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Free charts are often delayed by several seconds or more.—
David Materazzi,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Another system uses the vehicle’s connectivity to assist drivers anticipate road hazards, and still one more monitors whether a driver is actually paying attention to the road and even monitors the driver’s heartbeat to detect his or her stress level.—
Ed Garsten,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Independent bookstores are the heartbeats of their communities.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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And in the previous season, under Gary O’Neil, Ait-Nouri’s minutes were spread around even more positions as the former Wolves head coach operated a hybrid system, combining a 3-4-3 system similar to Pereira’s with elements of a 4-4-2 at different moments.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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When the man is hauled to Dachau, Charlotte considers this a stroke of luck—a moment that most reveals the ghastly darkness of Charlotte’s heart, but not the last.—
Diana Arterian
June 5,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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