jiff

plural jiffs · alternative jif

1. informalA jiffy; a moment; a short time.

   A lady's voice answered, “Be out in a jiff.”

   2009, David Jerome, Roastbeef's Promise, page 42

   3 more examples

   Oh, yerss. Come in. Half a jiff till I finished this bottom stair. Now then—whoa!—don't touch that banister; it's a bit loose.

   1918 [1915], Thomas Burke, Nights in London, New York: Henry Holt and Company

   You can keep Max company while I nip out for a jiff.

   1980, Robert Barr, “The Do-It-Yourself Job” (19:00 min), in Detective, BBC radio drama

   Tell my man, “The usual, plus a shot for the kid” / He did his bartender thizzle, got my order in a jif

   2002, People Under the Stairs, “The Suite For Beaver Part 2”, in O.S.T.

   Synonyms: instant, mo, sec, tick, bat of an eye, bit, blink of an eye, crack

present singular third person jiffs · participle present jiffing · participle past jiffed · past jiffed · alternative jif

1. slangTo deceive, swindle, trick

   Synonyms: abuse, beglammer, counterfeit, deceive, catch, trap into, dissemble, dissimulate