instant (n.)

  1. a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); if I had the chance Id do it in a flash

    [ Syn: blink of an eye , flash , heartbeat , jiffy , split second , trice , twinkling , wink , new york minute ]

  2. a particular point in time; the moment he arrived the party began

    [ Syn: moment , minute , second ]

    instant (adj.)

  1. occurring with no delay; relief was instantaneous; instant gratification

    [ Syn: instantaneous ]

  2. in or of the present month; your letter of the 10th inst

    [ Syn: inst ]

  3. demanding attention; clamant needs; a crying need; regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous- H.L.Mencken; insistent hunger; an instant need

    [ Syn: clamant , crying , exigent , insistent ]

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