jiffies

The word “jiffies” has 2 syllables: jif-fies

It's pronounced as /ˈdʒɪfiz/

What is synonym and antonym for jiffies?

In the thesaurus, “jiffies” has 20 synonyms and 7 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for jiffies along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for jiffies

New York minutes
beats
eyeblinks
flashes
heartbeats
instants
jiffs
microseconds
minutes
moments
nanoseconds
seconds
shakes
snatches
split seconds
spurts
trices
twinkles
twinklings
winks

Antonyms for jiffies

aeons
ages
eons
eternities
forevers
infinities
lifetimes

Meanings of jiffies

noun
1. A very short, unspecified length of time.
2. A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer – historically, and by convention, 0.01 of a second, but some computer operating systems use other values.
3. The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).
4. The time taken for light to travel a specified distance in a vacuum, usually one centimetre, but sometimes one foot or the width of a nucleon.
5. Short for jiffy bag, a padded envelope.

Example Sentences

He finished the task in just a few jiffies.
The package arrived in a couple of jiffies.
She'll be back in a few jiffies, she just went to grab a drink.
The computer processed the data in mere jiffies.
He could fix the problem in a matter of jiffies with his skills.

On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to jiffies, such as: New York minutes, aeons, ages, beats, eons, eternities, eyeblinks.

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