in a jiffy

prepositional phrase

Very quickly; without delay.

“Pull the chain and in a jiffy all your shit is in the Liffey.”

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. Very quickly; without delay.

    Pull the chain and in a jiffy all your shit is in the Liffey.

    1 more example

    Call her if you have any problems and she'll get it fixed in a jiffy.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
in a tizzyquickly

Origin

See jiffy.

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Translations

Catalan en un tres i no-res
  • en un tres i no-resvery quickly; without delay
Chinese Mandarin 馬上 /马上
  • 馬上 /马上 (mǎshàng)very quickly; without delay
Czech za chvilku, cobydup
  • za chvilkuvery quickly; without delay
  • cobydupvery quickly; without delay
  • v cuku letuvery quickly; without delay
Finnish hetkessä, saman tien
  • hetkessävery quickly; without delay
  • saman tienvery quickly; without delay
French en un clin d'œil, en deux temps trois mouvements
  • en un clin d'œilvery quickly; without delay
  • en deux temps trois mouvementsvery quickly; without delay
  • en un rien de tempsvery quickly; without delay
German ruck, zuck, in null Komma nichts
  • ruck, zuckvery quickly; without delay
  • in null Komma nichtsvery quickly; without delay
Hungarian egykettőre, ripsz-ropsz
  • egykettőrevery quickly; without delay
  • ripsz-ropszvery quickly; without delay
  • egy pillanat alattvery quickly; without delay
  • egy szempillantás alattvery quickly; without delay
  • azonnalvery quickly; without delay
  • márisvery quickly; without delay
  • nyombanvery quickly; without delay
  • rögtönvery quickly; without delay
Italian in un battito di ciglia, in un attimo
  • in un battito di cigliavery quickly; without delay
  • in un attimovery quickly; without delay
  • in un battibalenovery quickly; without delay
Norwegian Bokmål om noen få strakser, om to strakser
  • om noen få strakservery quickly; without delay
  • om to strakservery quickly; without delay
Polish raz-dwa, raz-raz
  • raz-dwavery quickly; without delay
  • raz-razvery quickly; without delay
Portuguese num piscar de olhos
  • num piscar de olhosvery quickly; without delay
Russian сию́ секу́нду, сию́ мину́ту
  • сию́ секу́нду (sijú sekúndu)very quickly; without delay
  • сию́ мину́ту (sijú minútu)very quickly; without delay
Scottish Gaelic ann an tionndadh na boise
  • ann an tionndadh na boisevery quickly; without delay
Spanish en un santiamén, en un periquete
  • en un santiaménvery quickly; without delay
  • en un periquetevery quickly; without delay
  • en un pispásvery quickly; without delay
Swedish på momangen
  • på momangenvery quickly; without delay
Cite this entry
APA

in a jiffy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20a%20jiffy

MLA

“in a jiffy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20a%20jiffy. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in a jiffy,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20a%20jiffy.

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