Results for instant

Definitions of instant:

part of speech: noun

The present moment of time: any moment or point of time.

part of speech: noun

A particular moment of time.

part of speech: noun

A point in duration; a moment.

part of speech: adjective

Urgent, immediate; passing; of the present month; as, the tenth instant.

part of speech: adjective

Pressing, urgent: immediate: quick: without delay: present, current, as the passing month.

part of speech: adjective

Immediate; present; without delay; urgent; current.

part of speech: adverb

Instantly.

Usage examples for instant:

• Mrs. Knox's voice, close behind me, said, Let go my dog this instant sir! "Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.", E. OE. Somerville Martin Ross

• An instant and he was on the floor again. "Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France", Stanley J. Weyman

• He held this idea but for an instant "Bob the Castaway", Frank V. Webster

• But it was gone in an instant "Fanny Herself", Edna Ferber