| Main Entry: | jiffy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instant |
Synonyms: |
breath, crack, flash, jiff, minute, moment, second, shake*, split second, trice, twinkling |
| Main Entry: | bit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short period of time |
Synonyms: |
instant, jiffy, little while, minute, moment, second, space, spell, stretch, tick, while |
| Notes: | a bit is a single unit of computer information and a byte is a sequence of adjacent bits, usually eight, operated on as a unit by a computer |
| Main Entry: | flash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instant, split second |
Synonyms: |
breathing, burst, jiffy, minute, moment, outburst, shake, show, trice, twinkling |
| Main Entry: | instant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moment |
Synonyms: |
bat of the eye, breath, crack, flash, jiffy, juncture, minute, nothing flat, occasion, point, sec, second, shake*, short while, split second, tick, time, trice, twinkling, while, wink |
| Main Entry: | minute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brief time period |
Synonyms: |
bat of an eye, breath, breathing, crack, flash, instant, jiffy, min, mo, moment, nothing flat, sec, second, shake, short time, sixtieth of hour, sixty seconds, split second, twinkling |
| Main Entry: | moment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brief time period |
Synonyms: |
bit, breathing, crack, date, flash, hour, instant, jiff, jiffy, juncture, minute, no time, nothing flat, occasion, point, point in time, sec, second, shake, split second, stage, three winks, tick, time, trice, twinkle, twinkling, while, wink |
| Main Entry: | second |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortest interval of time |
Synonyms: |
bat of an eye, flash, instant, jiffy, moment, nothing flat, sec, shake*, split second, twinkling, wink |
| Main Entry: | wink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moment |
Synonyms: |
flash*, instant, jiffy, minute, second, shake*, split second, twinkle, twinkling |
| Main Entry: | split second |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very short time |
Synonyms: |
bat of an eye, blink of an eye, flash, fraction of a second, half a second, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, microsecond, millisecond, moment, nanosecond, nothing flat, twinkling |
| Main Entry: | lickety-split |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very fast |
Synonyms: |
fast, jiffy, quickly, rapidly, speed, swiftly |
Antonyms: |
slw |
