jiffy

Noun

jiffy (plural jiffies)

1. (colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time.

   I"ll be back in a jiffy.

2. (computers) A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer; historically, and by convention, 0.01 seconds, but some operating systems use other values.
3. (physics) The time taken for light to travel one centimetre in a vacuum (sometimes one foot, or sometimes the width of a nucleon
4. (electronics) The time between alternating current power cycles (1/60 or 1/50 of a second)

Jiffy

1. A line of baking mixes manufactured by the Chelsea Milling Company

Synonyms:

• (short length of time):
  • (standard): instant, minute, moment, second, trice
  • (colloquial): mo, sec, tick

5 letters in word "jiffy": F F I J Y.

No anagrams for jiffy found in this word list.

Words found within jiffy:

fy if iff iffy jiff

• jiffs ←
• jiffies ←
• jiff ←
• jiffy
• → jig
• → jigaboo
• → jigaboos