- a variation of jiffy.
jiff
Example Sentences
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In 2013, the creator of the Gif graphics format insisted that his invention should be pronounced with a hard "g" - "jiff" rather than "giff".
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2017
“Off in a jiff, drinks with Kevin Spacey at a certain theatrical bar!” the next post reads.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2016
Lohr’s history I got through in a jiff.
From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2012
He became animated, he gasped, and gathered his courage together, and mumbled an incoherent request to the driver to "stop jest a jiff for sunthin'."
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
"Wait a jiff for those letters," answered Diggory.
From The Triple Alliance Its trials and triumphs by Avery, Harold
