jiff
/dʒɪf/noun [in singular] informal
A very short time; a moment: I’ll have breakfast ready in a jiff...
- You like scrambled eggs better? I can whip them up in a jiff.
- He can bat for long periods, yet is so powerful that he can change the complexion of a game in a jiff.
- I'll be back in a jiff.
Origin
Late 18th century: shortened from jiffy.
- polar fleece
- polar front
- polar hare
- Polari
- polaric
- polarilocular
- polarimeter
- polarimetric
- polarimetrically
- polarimetry
- polarinucleate
- Polaris
- polarisation
- polariscope
- polariscopic
- polariscopically
- polariscopy
- polarise
- polaristic
- polariton
- polaritonic
- polarity
- polarity epoch
- polarity therapy
- polarizable