jiffy

Other forms of jiffy

plural

jiffies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about jiffy

What does jiffy mean?

jiffy means "a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)".

How many syllables are in jiffy?

jiffy has 2 syllables: jif-fy. The stress falls on "jif". In IPA it is /ˈdʒɪfi/.

What is another word for jiffy?

Close synonyms include blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, split second. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jiffy a common word?

jiffy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.