Definition of instant

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Instant (a.) A day of the present or current month; as, the sixth instant; -- an elliptical expression equivalent to the sixth of the month instant, i. e., the current month. See Instant, a., 3..

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Immediately :: Immediately (adv.) Without interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once.
Flash :: Flash (v. i.) To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash..
Crack :: Crack (n.) A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack..
Jiffy :: "Jiffy (n.) A moment; an instant; as, I will be ready in a jiffy..
Run :: Run (a.) Specifically, of a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the air under the body..
Twinkling :: Twinkling (n.) The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.
Autochronograph :: Autochronograph (n.) An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time.
Promt :: Promt (superl.) Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate; as, prompt in obedience or compliance; -- said of persons..
Intervene :: Intervene (v. i.) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking..
Offhand :: Offhand (a.) Instant; ready; extemporaneous; as, an offhand speech; offhand excuses..
Run :: Run (a.) To move rapidly by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition.
Instant :: Instant (a.) A point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment..
Switzer :: Swithe (adv.) Instantly; quickly; speedily; rapidly.
Instantaneous :: Instantaneous (a.) Done or occurring in an instant, or without any perceptible duration of time; as, the passage of electricity appears to be instantaneous..
Incontinent :: Incontinent (adv.) Incontinently; instantly immediately.
Glance :: Glance (v. i.) To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle..
Impact :: Impact (n.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.
Instant :: Instant (adv.) Instantly.
Immediate :: Immediate (a.) Not deferred by an interval of time; present; instant.
Instant :: Instant (a.) A day of the present or current month; as, the sixth instant; -- an elliptical expression equivalent to the sixth of the month instant, i. e., the current month. See Instant, a., 3..
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