trice
noun
1 trice
A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat).
synonyms: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, twinkling, wink.
Roget 113: instantaneity, instantaneousness, immediacy; suddenness, abruptness. moment, instant, second, minute; twinkling, trice, flash, breath, ... show more
Dutch: handomdraai, mum, moment, pols, flits
verb
1 trice
Raise with a line:
— Trice a window shade.
synonym: trice up.
2 trice
Moby thesaurus: breath, coup, crack, flash, half a jiffy, half a mo, half a second, half a shake, instant, jiff, jiffy, microsecond, millisecond, minute, moment, sec, second, shake, split second, stroke ... show more.
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