jiffy

The Telegraph's Alastair Sooke compared the exhibition to music, remarking that the paintings would "be bangers, enticing you onto the dancefloor in a jiffy".

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2024

They cool in a jiffy and are ready to serve almost as fast as you make them.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2023

In another jiffy, he and his master, sky high, are toasting one another and the success of their venture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023

However, a quantum computer would be able to factor the huge number much faster than an ordinary computer, enabling Eve to unscramble the message in a jiffy, too.

From Science Magazine ● May 5, 2022

“That’s why you have me for your boyfriend,” I said, and I buttoned her up in a jiffy.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

It took about a minute and a half, which was about nine billion jiffies too long, as far as I was concerned.

From A Spaceship Named McGuire by Randall Garrett

Well, in a few jiffies all of us boys were carrying in wood and stacking it in the back of the schoolroom where we would have plenty to keep the schoolhouse nice and warm tomorrow.

From Shenanigans at Sugar Creek by Paul Hutchens

"I'll take it right from your own dooryard in just about two jiffies."

From The Gold Girl by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx

There’s no use talking about jiffies at half-past ten at night,” I snarled.

From More Jonathan Papers by Elisabeth Woodbridge Morris

Now in just about two jiffies that will be ready to cut.

From Three Little Women A Story for Girls by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson