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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A jiffy.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To make a jest or laughing-stock of one.
  • noun Short, for jiffy: as, he was off in a jiff.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun informal A jiffy; a moment; a short time.

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