" jiffy "

 [ "jiffy" ]

1: A unit of time that is 1/100th of a second

  * e.g.,  ... I'll be back in a jiffy 

 [ "jiffy" ]

1: The unit of time that is one jiffy cannot be defined relative to other units of time, it is separate, disassociated and different from the way other units are measured and experienced and cannot therefore be explained it terms of amount of time. For jiffy is time, in its raw form and is not like anything that we as humans can comprehend!

  * e.g.,  ... Thor: I'll be there in a jiffy. 

 [ "jiffy" ]

1: The amount of time taken for a beam of light to travel the diameter of 1 nucleon(the particles that make up the nucleus of an atom)in a vacuum.

  * e.g.,  ... It would take billions of "jiffies" to just say the word jiffy. 

 [ "jiffy" ]

1: a term that refers to cocain.

  * e.g.,  ... ill be there in a jiffy, with a bag full of jiffy, and i ain't talkin bout peanutbutter either brother 

 [ "jiffy" ]

1: A term used to decribe a girl who is a whore!!! "jiffy" her legs spread way to easy!!! shes do anyone!!! like the peanut butter!!

  * e.g.,  ... tiff is such a jiffy at the local bar!!! everyones had a turn!! 

 [ "jiffy" ]

1: an unsettled unit of time. used mainly as a spontaneous remark to get away from other human beings.

  * e.g.,  ... "I'll be back in a jiffy" *slow footsteps breaking out into a sprint. a slam of a door. distant footsteps* 

 [ "jiffy" ]

1: On the Commodore 64, approximately 1/60th of a second, and equals one machine cycle. The timespan is the same on both NTSC and PAL models of the Commodore 64.

  * e.g.,  ... If I can squeeze one more jiffy out of the player-movement routine, there will be enough time to do a smooth-scroll routine before the screen refreshes. 

 [ "jiffy" ]

1:  A short period of time.

  * e.g.,  ...  "It'll just take a jiffy to type this up." 

 [ "jiffy" ]

2:  A time of bag for foodstuffs.

  * e.g.,  ...  "I've put your sandwiches in a jiffy bag son so you can just snack on them." 

 [ "jiffy" ]

1: A loser, someone who is very uncool would be called a "jiffy"

  * e.g.,  ... "Alex is such a jiffy" 

 [ "jiffy" ]

1: A unit of time that ranges in value from 1/1000th of a second to 5 minutes.

  * e.g.,  ... TTTM said he would be over in a jiffy.