jiff

a jiff

A very short amount of time. Used especially in the phrase "in a jiffy," meaning immediately, very quickly, or at once. Just call us on this number if you have any problems, and we'll be back in a jiff. I'll pop the hood and have a look at the engine. It should only take a jiff.
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in a jiff

In only a short amount of time; very quickly or at once. Just call us on this number if you have any problems, and we'll be back in a jiff. Don't worry, boss, I'll have this report typed up in a jiff!
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in a jiff(y)

Immediately, very quickly, or at once. Just call us on this number if you have any problems, and we'll be back in a jiffy. Don't worry, boss, I'll have this report typed up in a jiffy!

in a jiffy

In only a short amount of time; very quickly or at once. Just call us on this number if you have any problems, and we'll be back in a jiffy. Don't worry, boss, I'll have this report typed up in a jiffy!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

in a jiffy

Fig. very fast; very soon. Just wait a minute. I'll be there in a jiffy. I'll be finished in a jiffy.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

in a jiff(y)

mod. right away; immediately. (see also jiffy.) The clerk’ll be with you in a jiff.
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in a jiff

verb
See in a jiffy
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • a jiff
  • in a jiffy
  • how about
  • how/what about...?
  • How long is a piece of string?
  • eggs is eggs
  • from my cold, dead hands
  • kicking and screaming
  • best foot forward
  • (one's) best foot forward
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"Switching from China to Taiwan was a pragmatic and good move," explains Jiff Johnson, an American journalist based in the Marshall Islands and working for the Marshall Islands Journal.
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This resonates of Singer, yes, but also of Bernard Malamud and Lewis Carroll, plus the Kafka who wrote The Trial, and, if I'm not mistaken, quite a bit of Jiff Weil, the Czech Jew whose long-lost novels were rediscovered by Philip Roth on one of his trips to Eastern Europe.
The Ministry of Special Cases
Unlike the highly homogenized commercial types such as Skippy or Jiff, natural or homemade peanut butters have separated nut oil that users need to stir back into the peanut butter.
Answers, answers everywhere, but don't eat the peanut butter