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attimo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • instant adj Happening right away, with no delay.
  • jiffy noun (informal) A very short amount of time.
  • minute noun A unit of time equal to sixty seconds, or one sixtieth of an hour.
  • moment noun A very short period of time, or a particular point in time.
  • second adjective Coming after the first in order, position, or importance.
  • shake verb To move something rapidly back and forth or up and down.
  • wink verb To close and quickly reopen one eye as a signal, joke, or private message to someone.

Senses

attimo is used for these senses in English:

  • instant A very short period of time; a moment.
  • jiffy (colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time. [from 1780.]
  • minute (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
  • moment (historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
  • shake (informal) Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
  • wink A brief time; an instant.

instant — full definition

  1. adj Happening right away, with no delay.
  2. adj Quick and easy to prepare, especially food or drink made by just adding water.
  3. noun A single very short moment in time.

jiffy — full definition

  1. noun (informal) A very short amount of time.
  2. noun A precise unit of time set by a computer's internal clock, often one hundredth of a second.
  3. noun The length of one cycle of alternating electric current, either a fiftieth or sixtieth of a second.
  4. noun The time light takes to travel a set short distance, often one centimetre.
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