A very brief time

• jiffy

  1. (Electronics) The time between alternating current power cycles (1/60 or 1/50 of a second)

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  1. (Electronics) The time between alternating current power cycles (1/60 or 1/50 of a second)

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• jiff

  1. A jiffy.
  2. (Informal) A jiffy; a moment; a short time.

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  1. A jiffy.
  2. (Informal) A jiffy; a moment; a short time.

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• wink

  1. A signal or hint conveyed by winking.
  2. (Informal) A brief period of sleep.
  3. The very brief time required for a wink; an instant.

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  1. A signal or hint conveyed by winking.
  2. (Informal) A brief period of sleep.
  3. The very brief time required for a wink; an instant.

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• twinkling

  1. The act of blinking.
  2. The action of a thing that twinkles
  3. The very brief time it takes to wink; instant

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  1. The act of blinking.
  2. The action of a thing that twinkles
  3. The very brief time it takes to wink; instant

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• twinkle

  1. A brief interval; a twinkling.
  2. A sparkle of delight in the eyes.
  3. The very brief time it takes to wink; twinkling

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  1. A brief interval; a twinkling.
  2. A sparkle of delight in the eyes.
  3. The very brief time it takes to wink; twinkling

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• trice

  1. A very short time; an instant; a moment; - now used only in the phrase in a trice.
  2. A very short time; instant; moment

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  1. A very short time; an instant; a moment; - now used only in the phrase in a trice.
  2. A very short time; instant; moment

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• second

  1. The second forward gear of a transmission: it provides more speed but less torque than first
  2. (Informal) A second serving of food.
  3. (Baseball, short for) second base

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  1. The second forward gear of a transmission: it provides more speed but less torque than first
  2. (Informal) A second serving of food.
  3. (Baseball, short for) second base

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• moment

  1. An occasion affording an opportunity:
  2. (Statistics) The expected value of a positive integer power of a random variable. The first moment of a random variable is the mean of its probability distribution.
  3. A definite point in time or in a series of events

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  1. An occasion affording an opportunity:
  2. (Statistics) The expected value of a positive integer power of a random variable. The first moment of a random variable is the mean of its probability distribution.
  3. A definite point in time or in a series of events

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• minute

  1. ¹₆₀ of an hour; sixty seconds
  2. A unit of angular measurement equal to one sixtieth of a degree, or 60 seconds.
  3. A specific point in time:

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  1. ¹₆₀ of an hour; sixty seconds
  2. A unit of angular measurement equal to one sixtieth of a degree, or 60 seconds.
  3. A specific point in time:

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• instant

  1. The current month:
  2. A particular moment
  3. A point or very short space of time; moment

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  1. The current month:
  2. A particular moment
  3. A point or very short space of time; moment

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• flash

  1. A split second; an instant:
  2. A sudden, brief display of thought, understanding, feeling, etc.
  3. A brief time; moment

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  1. A split second; an instant:
  2. A sudden, brief display of thought, understanding, feeling, etc.
  3. A brief time; moment

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• crack

  1. (Slang) Hard, pebblelike pieces of highly purified cocaine prepared for smoking: a highly potent and addictive form of cocaine
  2. A partial split or break; a fissure.
  3. A moment; an instant:

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  1. (Slang) Hard, pebblelike pieces of highly purified cocaine prepared for smoking: a highly potent and addictive form of cocaine
  2. A partial split or break; a fissure.
  3. A moment; an instant:

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A light beat

• metallic sound

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• slight blow

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• light rap

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• tap

  1. A tool used to cut threads inside a nut, pipe, etc.
  2. A plug, cork, etc. for stopping a hole in a container holding a liquid
  3. A device for starting or stopping the flow of liquid in a pipe, barrel, etc.; faucet

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  1. A tool used to cut threads inside a nut, pipe, etc.
  2. A plug, cork, etc. for stopping a hole in a container holding a liquid
  3. A device for starting or stopping the flow of liquid in a pipe, barrel, etc.; faucet

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• click

  1. A brief, sharp sound:
  2. An instance of clicking
  3. A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand.

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  1. A brief, sharp sound:
  2. An instance of clicking
  3. A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand.

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• tick-tock

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• beat

  1. The gesture of the hand, baton, etc. used to mark this
  2. (Ballet) A movement in which one leg is brought in contact with the other or both legs are brought together in the air
  3. Any of a group of U.S. writers in the 1950s and 1960s whose work grew out of and expressed beat attitudes

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  1. The gesture of the hand, baton, etc. used to mark this
  2. (Ballet) A movement in which one leg is brought in contact with the other or both legs are brought together in the air
  3. Any of a group of U.S. writers in the 1950s and 1960s whose work grew out of and expressed beat attitudes

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• clock tick

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An insect

• mite

  1. A coin of very small value, especially an obsolete British coin worth half a farthing.
  2. Any of numerous small or minute arachnids of the order Acarina, including species that damage crops or stored food and species that are parasitic on animals and often transmit disease.
  3. A widow's mite.

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  1. A coin of very small value, especially an obsolete British coin worth half a farthing.
  2. Any of numerous small or minute arachnids of the order Acarina, including species that damage crops or stored food and species that are parasitic on animals and often transmit disease.
  3. A widow's mite.

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• louse

  1. Any of various arthropods that suck blood or juice from other animals or plants
  2. Any of various other small insects, arachnids, and crustaceans that are not parasitic, as the book louse or wood louse
  3. Any of an order (Anoplura) of small, flat, wingless insects with sucking mouthparts, parasitic on the skin or hair of humans and some other mammals; esp., the human body louse (Pediculus humanus corporis) and head louse (P. h. capitis)

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  1. Any of various arthropods that suck blood or juice from other animals or plants
  2. Any of various other small insects, arachnids, and crustaceans that are not parasitic, as the book louse or wood louse
  3. Any of an order (Anoplura) of small, flat, wingless insects with sucking mouthparts, parasitic on the skin or hair of humans and some other mammals; esp., the human body louse (Pediculus humanus corporis) and head louse (P. h. capitis)

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• acarida

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• arachnid

  1. Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders and scorpions, of the class Arachnida
  2. Any of various arthropods of the class Arachnida, such as spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks, characterized by four pairs of segmented legs and a body that is divided into two regions, the cephalothorax and the abdomen.
  3. Any of a large class (Arachnida) of chiefly terrestrial arthropods, including spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks, typically with four pairs of legs, either lungs or tracheae, a liquid diet, no antennae, simple eyes, sensory pedipalps, and a body divided into cephalothorax and abdomen

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  1. Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders and scorpions, of the class Arachnida
  2. Any of various arthropods of the class Arachnida, such as spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks, characterized by four pairs of segmented legs and a body that is divided into two regions, the cephalothorax and the abdomen.
  3. Any of a large class (Arachnida) of chiefly terrestrial arthropods, including spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks, typically with four pairs of legs, either lungs or tracheae, a liquid diet, no antennae, simple eyes, sensory pedipalps, and a body divided into cephalothorax and abdomen

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• bloodsucker

  1. An extortionist or a blackmailer.
  2. An animal that sucks blood, esp. a leech
  3. A person who extorts or otherwise takes as much as possible from another

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  1. An extortionist or a blackmailer.
  2. An animal that sucks blood, esp. a leech
  3. A person who extorts or otherwise takes as much as possible from another

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• parasite

  1. A professional dinner guest, especially in ancient Greece.
  2. One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
  3. (Biol.) A plant or animal that lives on or in an organism of another species from which it derives sustenance or protection without benefit to, and usually with harmful effects on, the host

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  1. A professional dinner guest, especially in ancient Greece.
  2. One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
  3. (Biol.) A plant or animal that lives on or in an organism of another species from which it derives sustenance or protection without benefit to, and usually with harmful effects on, the host

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A mattress

• cushion

  1. Anything serving to absorb shock, as air or steam in some machines, the elastic inner rim of a billiard table, or a soft, padded insole
  2. A thing like a cushion in shape, softness, or use, as a small pillow used in lace-making, padding of various sorts, etc.
  3. Something that mitigates or relieves an adverse effect:

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  1. Anything serving to absorb shock, as air or steam in some machines, the elastic inner rim of a billiard table, or a soft, padded insole
  2. A thing like a cushion in shape, softness, or use, as a small pillow used in lace-making, padding of various sorts, etc.
  3. Something that mitigates or relieves an adverse effect:

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• pillow

  1. Anything like a pillow or cushion, as a pad on which certain laces are made
  2. A cloth case stuffed with something soft, such as down, feathers, or foam rubber, used to cushion the head, especially during sleep.
  3. A decorative cushion.

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  1. Anything like a pillow or cushion, as a pad on which certain laces are made
  2. A cloth case stuffed with something soft, such as down, feathers, or foam rubber, used to cushion the head, especially during sleep.
  3. A decorative cushion.

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• cornhusk tick

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• straw-tick

  1. Also used to refer to the empty mattress bag.
  2. A bed mattress made from a coarse cotton material, or shoddy, and filled with (usually) straw.

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  1. Also used to refer to the empty mattress bag.
  2. A bed mattress made from a coarse cotton material, or shoddy, and filled with (usually) straw.

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• feather tick

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