as in minute
a very small space of time
I'll be there in a jiffy
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Recent Examples of jiffy
Amazon's Special Promotion Amazon’s fast shipping is thanks to its drivers, who work hard to deliver your last-minute holiday gifts in a jiffy.
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2025
The Bangalow design can take you from a loveseat to a seven-piece sectional in a jiffy.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 21 Nov. 2025
All of these safeguards ensure shoppers get authenticated Labubus in a jiffy.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 10 Sep. 2025
Scheffler rode that late-round momentum into an impressive three-shot lead, but Saturday's rollercoaster of a leaderboard is a reminder that what goes up can plummet in a jiffy.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2025
The Bangalow design can take you from a loveseat to a seven-piece sectional in a jiffy.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 21 Nov. 2025
All of these safeguards ensure shoppers get authenticated Labubus in a jiffy.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 10 Sep. 2025
Scheffler rode that late-round momentum into an impressive three-shot lead, but Saturday's rollercoaster of a leaderboard is a reminder that what goes up can plummet in a jiffy.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jiffy
Noun
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Tied at 19, the Chiefs got the ball back with four minutes left, with the chance to march for a game-winning field goal.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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There can be 30 minutes of small waves before a sneaker wave strikes.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Kane opened the scoring on a two-man advantage with 29 seconds left in the first period.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Instead, Prairie View A&M was forced to foul on the other end, and UAPB guard Kristyna Boyd made one of her two fouls shots with 10 seconds to go to set the final score.—
Erick Taylor,
Arkansas Online,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Digoxin Digoxin is used to treat heart failure and certain types of irregular heartbeats.—
Jessica Swirble,
Verywell Health,
5 Jan. 2026
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World-first findings on coffee and irregular heartbeat University of Adelaide and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) researchers led a randomized clinical trial of 200 adults from Australia, the US and Canada with atrial fibrillation (AF) to test coffee's impact on irregular heartbeats.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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There’s just all there to kind of lift us in every moment.—
Nasha Smith,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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And though Li has won playoff games before in previous stops, with previous teams, winning Saturday would be a nice moment for himself, too.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Jiffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jiffy. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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