Englishjiffy
noun informal
□ in a jiffy
I'll be back in a jiffy:
very soon, soon, in a second, in a minute, in a moment, in a trice, in a flash, shortly, directly, any second, any minute, any minute now, in a short time, in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, in no time, in no time at all, in less than no time, before you know it, before long;
North American momentarily;
informal in a sec, in a nanosecond, in a jif, in two shakes, in two shakes of a lamb's tail, before you can say Jack Robinson, in the blink of an eye, in a blink, in the wink of an eye, in a wink, before you can say knife;
British, informal in a tick, in two ticks, in a mo;
North American, informal in a snap, in jig time;
archaic anon.