trice
Blink of an eye
A trice is a very brief moment—used almost exclusively in the phrase in a trice, meaning instantly or very quickly: She tidied the room in a trice.
The word comes from a nautical term meaning to haul up with a rope, suggesting swift, single-motion action.
jiffy
Informal term for instant
blink · twinkling · heartbeat · tick · snap · wink · split-second · eyeblink · twitch · crack
hoist
Raise with tackle
rope · tackle · halyard · mast · sail · winch · lash · secure · tie · belay
- momentsmoment, instant, second, flash, jiffy
- Fleeting Thingsbreath, blink, wink, glance, glimpses
- time spanssecond, minute, hour, day, week
- old time wordsfortnight, twelvemonth, yore, erstwhile, ere
- second-relatedmillisecond, nanosecond, microsecond, picosecond, centisecond