nafs — meaning in English

English meaning

• jiffy noun A very short, unspecified length of time.
• nip verb To pinch or bite quickly and lightly.

Senses

nafs is used for these senses in English:

• jiffy (colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time. [from 1780.]
• nip A playful bite.

jiffy — full definition

1. noun A very short, unspecified length of time.
2. noun A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer – historically, and by convention, 0.01 of a second, but some computer operating systems use other values.
3. noun The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).
4. noun The time taken for light to travel a specified distance in a vacuum, usually one centimetre (approximately 33.3564 picoseconds), but sometimes one foot or the width of a nucleon.

nip — full definition

1. verb To pinch or bite quickly and lightly.
2. verb To make cold air sting or bite at the skin.
3. verb (informal, British) To go somewhere quickly for a short time.
4. noun A small drink of spirits.
5. noun A sharp bite of cold weather.

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