Jiffy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dʒˈɪfi/

🇬🇧British English

/dʒˈɪfi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dʒˈɪfi/

2 syllables Say it as /dʒˈɪfi/.

Examples

if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

flash heartbeat split second trice wink New York minute instant blink of an eye twinkling

Parts of Speech

noun	a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) “if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash”

Word Forms

flash

verb

expose or show briefly

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

im Handumdrehen

eine sehr kurze Zeit (wie die Zeit, die das Auge zum Blinzeln oder das Herz zum Schlagen benötigt)

🇫🇷French

instant

un temps très court (comme le temps qu'il faut à l'œil pour cligner des yeux ou au cœur pour battre)

🇪🇸Spanish

instante

un tiempo muy corto (como el tiempo que tarda el ojo en parpadear o el corazón en latir)

🇮🇹Italian

in un batter d'occhio

un tempo molto breve (come il tempo impiegato dall'occhio per battere le palpebre o dal cuore per battere)

🇳🇱Dutch

even

een zeer korte tijd (de tijd die het oog nodig heeft om te knipperen of het hart te laten kloppen)

🇵🇹Portuguese

instante

um tempo muito curto (como o tempo que leva para o olho piscar ou o coração bater)

🇷🇺Russian

в один миг

очень короткое время (как время, необходимое глазу, чтобы моргнуть, или сердцу, чтобы биться)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पल

बहुत ही कम समय (जितना समय आँख झपकाने या दिल धड़कने में लगता है)

🇧🇩Bengali

নিমেষে

খুব অল্প সময় (যেমন সময় লাগে চোখের পলক ফেলতে বা হৃদয় স্পন্দিত হতে)

🇮🇳Tamil

வேகமான

மிகக் குறுகிய நேரம் (கண் இமைக்க அல்லது இதயம் துடிக்க எடுக்கும் நேரம்)

🇮🇳Telugu

జిఫ్ఫీ

చాలా తక్కువ సమయం (కన్ను రెప్పవేయడానికి లేదా గుండె కొట్టుకోవడానికి పట్టే సమయం)

🇮🇳Marathi

क्षणार्धात

खूप कमी वेळ (डोळा मिचकावायला किंवा हृदयाला धडकायला वेळ लागतो म्हणून)

🇮🇳Gujarati

ક્ષણિક

ખૂબ જ ટૂંકો સમય (જેટલો સમય આંખ મારવામાં અથવા હૃદયને ધડકવામાં લાગે છે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಜಿಫಿ

ಬಹಳ ಕಡಿಮೆ ಸಮಯ (ಕಣ್ಣು ಮಿಟುಕಿಸಲು ಅಥವಾ ಹೃದಯ ಬಡಿಯಲು ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಸಮಯ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

ജിഫി

വളരെ ചെറിയ സമയം (കണ്ണ് ചിമ്മാനോ ഹൃദയം മിടിക്കാനോ എടുക്കുന്ന സമയം)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਝੱਟ

ਬਹੁਤ ਘੱਟ ਸਮਾਂ (ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਅੱਖ ਝਪਕਣ ਜਾਂ ਦਿਲ ਨੂੰ ਧੜਕਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਮਾਂ ਲੱਗਦਾ ਹੈ)

🇵🇰Urdu

لمحے

بہت کم وقت (جیسے آنکھ جھپکنے میں یا دل کو دھڑکنے میں وقت لگتا ہے)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

瞬间

非常短的时间（如眼睛眨眼或心脏跳动所需的时间）

🇯🇵Japanese

ジフィー

非常に短い時間（目がまばたきしたり、心臓が鼓動するのにかかる時間など）

🇰🇷Korean

순간

매우 짧은 시간(눈을 깜빡이는 데 걸리는 시간, 심장이 뛰는 데 걸리는 시간)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thoáng qua

một khoảng thời gian rất ngắn (thời gian để mắt chớp hoặc tim đập)

🇹🇭Thai

จิฟฟี่

เวลาที่สั้นมาก (เป็นเวลาที่ตาต้องกระพริบหรือหัวใจเต้น)

🇮🇩Indonesian

sekejap

waktu yang sangat singkat (seperti waktu yang dibutuhkan mata untuk berkedip atau jantung untuk berdetak)

🇲🇾Malay

sekejap

masa yang sangat singkat (seperti masa yang diperlukan mata untuk berkelip atau jantung untuk berdegup)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

لمح البصر

وقت قصير جدًا (مثل الوقت الذي تستغرقه العين لترمش أو ينبض القلب)

🇮🇷Persian

جیفی

زمان بسیار کوتاه (به عنوان زمانی که چشم برای پلک زدن یا ضربان قلب طول می کشد)

🇹🇷Turkish

hemen

çok kısa bir süre (gözün yanıp sönmesi veya kalbin atması kadar)

🇮🇱Hebrew

קשקוש

זמן קצר מאוד (כמו הזמן שלוקח לעין למצמץ או ללב לפעום)

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