Synonyms of the word

jiffy

• n. (colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time.
• n. (computing) A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer – historically, and by convention,…
• n. (electronics) The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).
• n. (physics) The time taken for light to travel a specified distance in a vacuum, usually one centimetre,…

bit

• n. A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
• n. A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
• n. (dated, Britain) A coin of a specified value. (Also formerly used for a nine-pence coin in the British…
• n. (obsolete, Canada) A ten-cent piece, dime.
• n. (US) An eighth of a dollar. Note that there is no coin minted worth 12.5 cents. (When this term first…
• n. (historical, US) In the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (such as the real) formerly…
• n. A small amount of something.
• n. (informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.
• n. A portion of something.
• n. Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree.
• n. (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
• n. An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
• n. The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
• n. The cutting iron of a plane.
• adv. To a small extent; in a small amount (usually with "a").
• v. (transitive) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).
• v. simple past tense of bite.
• v. (informal in US, archaic in Britain) past participle of bite, bitten.
• adj. (colloquial) bitten.
• adj. (only in combination) Having been bitten.
• n. (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
• n. (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
• n. (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
• n. (information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
• n. A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).

flash

• v. To briefly illuminate a scene.
• v. To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
• v. To be visible briefly.
• v. To make visible briefly.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, informal) To briefly, and in most cases inadvertently, expose one's naked body…
• v. (transitive, informal) To show or expose an "inappropriate" part of the body to someone for humorous reasons…
• v. (figuratively) To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
• v. To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
• v. To communicate quickly.
• v. To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
• v. (transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
• v. (intransitive, of liquid) To evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.).
• v. (transitive, climbing) To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
• v. (computing) To write to the memory of an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge.
• v. (glassmaking) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
• v. (juggling) To perform a flash.
• v. (metallurgy) To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To trick up in a showy manner.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
• n. A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
• n. A very short amount of time.
• n. (colloquial, US) A flashlight; an electric torch.
• n. (figuratively) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
• n. Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
• n. (Britain, Cockney) The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
• n. (juggling) A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
• n. (linguistics) A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood…
• n. (photography) Clipping of camera flash (“a device used to produce a flash of artificial light to help…
• n. (archaic) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for colouring liquor to make it look stronger.
• adj. (Britain and New Zealand, slang) Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
• adj. (Britain, of a person) Having plenty of ready money.
• adj. (Britain, of a person) Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.
• adj. (US, slang) Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
• n. A pool.
• n. (engineering) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream…

heartbeat

• n. One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.
• n. The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator.
• n. A driving impulse or vital force.
• n. A very short space of time; an instant.
• n. (computing) A periodic signal generated by hardware or software to indicate normal operation or to synchronize…

instant

• n. A very short period of time; a moment.
• n. A single, usually precise, point in time.
• n. A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee.
• n. A day of the current month (abbreviated as: inst.).
• adj. (dated) Impending; imminent.
• adj. (dated) Urgent; pressing; acute.
• adj. Occurring immediately; immediate; present.
• adj. Lasting for a short moment; momentary; short-lived.
• adj. Very quickly and easily prepared.
• adj. Of the current month (abbreviation inst.).
• adv. (poetic) At once; immediately.

minute

• n. A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
• n. (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
• n. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
• n. (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
• n. A unit of purchase on a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent…
• n. A point in time; a moment.
• n. A nautical or a geographic mile.
• n. An old coin, a half farthing.
• n. (obsolete) A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.
• n. (architecture) A fixed part of a module.
• n. (slang, US, dialectal) A while or a long unspecified period of time.
• v. (transitive) Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
• v. To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
• adj. Very small.
• adj. Very careful and exact, giving small details.

moment

• n. A brief, unspecified amount of time.
• n. The smallest portion of time; an instant.
• n. Weight or importance.
• n. (physics, mechanics) The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the…
• n. (historical) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth…
• n. (informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
• n. (colloquial) A fit, a short-duration tantrum, a hissy.
• n. (mathematics) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
• n. (mathematics) A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.

second

• adj. Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding…
• adj. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
• adj. Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
• adv. (with superlative) After the first; at the second rank.
• adv. After the first occurrence but before the third.
• n. One that is number two in a series.
• n. One that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
• n. The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
• n. (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
• n. (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
• n. A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this…
• n. (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised…
• n. The second gear of an engine.
• n. (baseball) Second base.
• v. (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two.…
• v. To follow in the next place; to succeed.
• v. (climbing) To climb after a lead climber.
• n. One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation…
• n. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
• n. (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
• v. (transitive, Britain) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
• v. (transitive) To assist or support; to back.
• v. (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two.…
• n. One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
• n. One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement…
• n. (obsolete) Aid; assistance; help.

trice

• n. A roller; windlass.
• n. A very short time; an instant; a moment; – now used only in the phrase in a trice.
• v. To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.
• v. (nautical) To haul and tie up by means of a rope.

twinkling

• adj. Sparkling intermittently.
• n. A shining with fast intermittent light.
• n. A very short period, notionally the time it takes to blink the eyes.
• v. present participle of twinkle.

wink

• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To close one's eyes.
• v. (archaic, intransitive) To turn a blind eye.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion. (When transitive,…
• v. (intransitive) To twinkle.
• v. (intransitive) To be dim and flicker.
• n. An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
• n. A brief time; an instant.
• n. A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
• n. A disc used in the game of tiddlywinks.