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jiff

noun
/d͡ʒɪf/

Etymology

Clipping of jiffy.

Definitions

  1. A jiffy

    A jiffy; a moment; a short time.

    • 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.
    • You can keep Max company while I nip out for a jiff.
    • Tell my man, “The usual, plus a shot for the kid” / He did his bartender thizzle, got my order in a jif

  2. to deceive, swindle, trick

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for jiff. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA