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noun, plural jif·fies. Informal .
a very short time; moment: to get dressed in a jiffy.
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Origin of jiffy First recorded in 1770–80; origin uncertain
Words nearby jiffy jicama ,
Jicarilla ,
JICTAR ,
Jidda ,
Jiddah ,
jiffy ,
Jiffy bag ,
jig ,
jigaboo ,
Jigawa ,
jig back
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Words related to jiffy breath ,
crack ,
flash ,
minute ,
moment ,
second ,
shake ,
trice ,
twinkling ,
jiff ,
split second
How to use jiffy in a sentence Per the makers, its level of difficulty is 5 out of 10, so it’s not easy enough that you’ll complete it in a jiffy , but not challenging enough that you’ll want to abandon it altogether.
In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy , with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping.
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The GFY (pronounced “jiffy ”) is essentially a more technologically advanced version of the ubiquitous GIF.
You can be the leader of a Salvadoran death squad, and then manage a Jiffy Lube in North Miami.
To this day, I pick up a box of Jiffy cornbread mix when shopping.
The other, about Sting performing at Jiffy Lube Live, a concert venue in Bristow, Virginia.
Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson says the Jiffy Lube logo makes more fiscal sense.
Nets were run out in a jiffy , but I fear the big fish had already given them the slip.
The Rainbow won't appear until after the storm and I can make you big again in a jiffy , before I join my sisters on our bow.
A yardman let us in on the spur at the end of the headquarters building, and the boss was off in half a jiffy .
In a jiffy they had a real Trius-beating, for the hedge is high and firm and one can't get across it quickly.
His chums understood, and the remains of the feast were swept under bed covers in a jiffy .
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British Dictionary definitions for jiffy
noun plural jiffies or jiffs
informal a very short time wait a jiffy
Word Origin for jiffy C18: of unknown origin
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