Definitions for Jiffy
ˈdʒɪf i; dʒɪfjiffy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minutenoun

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jiffynoun

   A very short, unspecified length of time.

   I'll be back in a jiffy.

2. jiffynoun

   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. jiffynoun

   The time taken for light to travel one centimetre in a vacuum (sometimes one foot, or sometimes the width of a nucleon)

4. jiffynoun

   The time between alternating current power cycles (1/60 or 1/50 of a second)

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jiffy

   Jiffy is a brand of baking mixes marketed by the Chelsea Milling Company in Chelsea, Michigan, that has been producing mixes since 1930. The company was previously named Chelsea Roller Mill. They are known for their products being packaged in a recognizable, small box with the brand's logo in blue. Jiffy was created as the first prepared baking mix in the United States by Mabel White Holmes.The company is now run and managed by her grandson, Howdy Holmes, a former Indianapolis 500 and CART driver. Holmes became the company's CEO in 1995. In March 2013, the company had around 350 employees, and in 2015 employs about 300 workers and produces 1.6 million boxes of its products each day. Its corn muffin mix accounts for 91 percent of the company's retail sales, and the company's retail market in October 2013 was $550 million.

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1. jiffy

   A jiffy is a colloquial term that refers to a very short amount of time; an instant or moment. It is often used in phrases like "be back in a jiffy" or "I'll do it in a jiffy". The exact duration of a "jiffy" is undefined and can be relative depending on the context.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jiffynoun

   a moment; an instant; as, I will be ready in a jiffy

2. Etymology: [Perh. corrupt. fr. gliff.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jiffy

   Jiffy is an informal term for any unspecified short period of time, as in "I'll be back in a jiffy". From this it has acquired a number of more precise applications for short, very short, or extremely short periods of time. First attested in 1785, the word's origin is unclear, though one suggestion is that it was thieves' cant for lightning.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jiffy

   jif′fi, n. (coll.) an instant.

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jiffy

   1. The duration of one tick of the system clock on your computer (see tick). Often one AC cycle time (1/60 second in the U.S. and Canada, 1/50 most other places), but more recently 1/100 sec has become common. “The swapper runs every 6 jiffies” means that the virtual memory management routine is executed once for every 6 ticks of the clock, or about ten times a second. 2. Confusingly, the term is sometimes also used for a 1-millisecond wall time interval. 3. Even more confusingly, physicists semi-jokingly use ‘jiffy’ to mean the time required for light to travel one foot in a vacuum, which turns out to be close to one nanosecond. Other physicists use the term for the quantum-nechanical lower bound on meaningful time lengths, 4. Indeterminate time from a few seconds to forever. “I'll do it in a jiffy” means certainly not now and possibly never. This is a bit contrary to the more widespread use of the word. Oppose nano. See also Real Soon Now.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jiffy

   A short space of time, a moment. "In a jiffy," in an instant; equivalent with crack, trice, &c.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Jiffy in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Jiffy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Jiffy in a Sentence

1. Olorunnimbe Mamora:

   Vaccine manufacturing is not done in a jiffy. Yesterday( Thursday), we had engagements with some of our international development partners and funding partners towards developing our vaccine manufacturing hub. It's a joint venture project between the federal government and an indigenous pharmaceutical company.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Jiffy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jiffy
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiffy
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jiffy
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Jiffy
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Jiffy
8. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Jiffy
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Jiffy