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instant n. [
blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute] a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
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instant n. [
moment, minute, second] a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"
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instant s. [
instantaneous] occurring with no delay; "relief was instantaneous"; "instant gratification"
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instant s. [
clamant, crying, exigent, insistent] demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"
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