Meaning & use
jiffy
A very short, unspecified amount of time (informal).
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Hold on a second, I'll be back in a jiffy.
The mechanic said he could fix the flat tire in a jiffy.
A note on using this word
Jiffy is informal and almost always used in the fixed phrase 'in a jiffy'.
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