dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/jif_MW.json

{
  "jiff":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": jiffy":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "give me a jiff while I go to get my coat",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Wi-Fi allows for quick sharing between devices, so your amazing shots can be posted to social media platforms in a jiff . \u2014 Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure , 14 June 2022",
      "The Lifestraw personal water filter, which can give you access to clean drinking water in a jiff . \u2014 Christine Persaud, USA TODAY , 21 June 2021",
      "The Lifestraw personal water filter, which can give you access to clean drinking water in a jiff . \u2014 Christine Persaud, USA TODAY , 21 June 2021",
      "The Lifestraw personal water filter, which can give you access to clean drinking water in a jiff . \u2014 Christine Persaud, USA TODAY , 21 June 2021",
      "The Lifestraw personal water filter, which can give you access to clean drinking water in a jiff . \u2014 Christine Persaud, USA TODAY , 21 June 2021",
      "The Lifestraw personal water filter, which can give you access to clean drinking water in a jiff . \u2014 Christine Persaud, USA TODAY , 21 June 2021",
      "The Lifestraw personal water filter, which can give you access to clean drinking water in a jiff . \u2014 Christine Persaud, USA TODAY , 21 June 2021",
      "The Lifestraw personal water filter, which can give you access to clean drinking water in a jiff . \u2014 Christine Persaud, USA TODAY , 21 June 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1797, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8jif"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "beat",
      "eyeblink",
      "flash",
      "heartbeat",
      "instant",
      "jiffy",
      "minute",
      "moment",
      "nanosecond",
      "New York minute",
      "second",
      "shake",
      "split second",
      "trice",
      "twinkle",
      "twinkling",
      "wink"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031704",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jiffy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a very short period of time : moment , instant sense 1":[
        "ready in a jiffy",
        "Their troubles were all over in a jiffy .",
        "\u2014 Roald Dahl",
        "A small restaurant offering good Vietnamese food in a jiffy .",
        "\u2014 New Times (Phoenix, Arizona)"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I'll be there in a jiffy .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy , with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping. \u2014 Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy , with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping. \u2014 Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy , with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping. \u2014 Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy , with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping. \u2014 Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy , with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping. \u2014 Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy , with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping. \u2014 Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy , with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping. \u2014 Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "In one recent week, a New Yorker got a free Covid-19 test in a jiffy , with results the next day, while a Coloradan had to shell out $50 for a test two cities from her hometown after a frantic round of pharmacy-hopping. \u2014 Rae Ellen Bichell, Quartz , 14 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1779, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ji-f\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "beat",
      "eyeblink",
      "flash",
      "heartbeat",
      "instant",
      "jiff",
      "minute",
      "moment",
      "nanosecond",
      "New York minute",
      "second",
      "shake",
      "split second",
      "trice",
      "twinkle",
      "twinkling",
      "wink"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102727",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}