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in a jiffy

in a jiffy prepositional phrase: very quickly; without delay.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Very quickly; without delay.
    • Call her if you have any problems and she'll get it fixed in a jiffy.
    • Pull the chain and in a jiffy
      all your shit is in the Liffey.

in a jiffy meaning in Malayalam

in a jiffy in Malayalam

(very) soon, in a second, in a minute
ക്ഷണം, നിമിഷം, ക്ഷണത്തിൽ, ക്ഷണംകൊണ്ട്, അല്പസമയംകൊണ്ട്, ഝടിതി

Origin of in a jiffy

See jiffy.

Questions about in a jiffy

What does in a jiffy mean?
In a jiffy means very quickly; without delay.
What is in a jiffy in Malayalam?
In a jiffy in Malayalam is ക്ഷണം, നിമിഷം, ക്ഷണത്തിൽ. See In a jiffy meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is in a jiffy?
In a jiffy is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in a jiffy in the dictionary

  1. in a heartbeat
  2. in a hen's hiney
  3. in a huff
  4. in a hurry
  5. in a jam
  6. in a jiffy
  7. in a lather
  8. in a league of one's own
  9. in a little while
  10. in a major key
  11. in a manner

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in a jiffy (page history and authors); in a jiffy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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