The unit of time that is one jiffy cannot be defined relative to other units of time, it is separate, disassociated and different from the way other units are measured and experienced and cannot therefore be explained it terms of amount of time. For jiffy is time, in its raw form and is not like anything that we as humans can comprehend!
Thor: I'll be there in a jiffy.
Inconspicuous looking egg: That does not give me any indication as to how long you are going to be as jiffy is an indefinable period of time.
Inconspicuous looking egg: That does not give me any indication as to how long you are going to be as jiffy is an indefinable period of time.
by dogfly September 21, 2007
The amount of time taken for a beam of light to travel the diameter of 1 nucleon(the particles that make up the nucleus of an atom)in a vacuum.
by Dr.What April 19, 2010
ill be there in a jiffy, with a bag full of jiffy, and i ain't talkin bout peanutbutter either brother
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by nickyP December 2, 2006
A term used to decribe a girl who is a whore!!! "jiffy" her legs spread way to easy!!! shes do anyone!!! like the peanut butter!!
by ursturely June 29, 2011
"I'll be back in a jiffy" *slow footsteps breaking out into a sprint. a slam of a door. distant footsteps*
by Juliaaaa July 13, 2003
On the Commodore 64, approximately 1/60th of a second, and equals one machine cycle. The timespan is the same on both NTSC and PAL models of the Commodore 64.
If I can squeeze one more jiffy out of the player-movement routine, there will be enough time to do a smooth-scroll routine before the screen refreshes.
by SG Fan October 31, 2004