Значение

значений: 4
  1. (разговорное)A very short, unspecified length of time.

    I’ll be back in a jiffy.

    Moment, Augenblick

    мигmig, один момент, минутуminutu

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

  2. A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer – historically, and by convention, 0.01 of a second, but some computer operating systems use other values.

    систе́мный тикsistémnyj tik

  3. The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).

  4. The time taken for light to travel a specified distance in a vacuum, usually one centimetre (approximately 33.3564 picoseconds), but sometimes one foot or the width of a nucleon.

Примеры

предложений: 10
  1. I'll be ready in a jiffy.

    Я буду готов в момент.

    deIch bin gleich fertig.

  2. I'll be back in a jiffy.

    deIch bin sofort zurück.

  3. I'll return in a jiffy.

  4. He fixed the problem in a jiffy.

    Он решил проблему в считаные минуты.

  5. We'll get you home in a jiffy.

    Мы тебя мигом домой доставим.

Переводы

языков: 8
Русский
По значениям 2
very short, unspecified length of time:
(computing) Unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer:
Deutsch
По значениям 1
very short, unspecified length of time:

Происхождение

Origin unknown; said to have been thieves’ cant for “lightning”. Also formerly written "gi

Origin unknown; said to have been thieves’ cant for “lightning”. Also formerly written "giffy", to which a connection with gliff has been proposed. As a kind of envelope, a genericization of Jiffy bag.

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Формы

мн. число: jiffies
Ед. числоjiffy
Мн. числоjiffies

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 33
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Однокоренные

связанных слов: 1
Связанныеjiffy tummy

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