instant

instant has 11 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• a.. Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.
• a.. Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.
• a.. Present; current.
• adv.. Instantly.
• a.. A point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment.
• 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.
• n.. a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"
• n.. 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"
• a.. demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"
• a.. occurring with no delay; "relief was instantaneous"; "instant gratification"
• a.. in or of the present month; "your letter of the 10th inst"