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instant
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Instant \In"stant\, a. [L. instans, -antis, p. pr. of instare to stand upon, to press upon; pref. in- in, on + stare to stand: cf. F. instant. See Stand .] Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest. Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 A very short period of time; a moment. 2 A single, usually precise, point in time. 3 An instant beverage or food, especially instant coffee. 4 A day of the current month (''abbreviated as'': inst.) Etymology 2 a. 1 (context dated English) ...
Usage examples of instant.
As the Abyssinian tumbled from his saddle the possibility of escape which was represented by the riderless horse electrified the ape-man to instant action.
And with a strange shock he suddenly realized that he was, at this instant, for the first time, seeing the being who lay beside him in the dark through the mental eyes of a body which itself had been born in an Afric forest.
An unseen hand must have given a signal, for in the next instant they were all agallop again, sundering on amid the rising dust.
I would relieve you in an instant if your daughters were ugly, but as it is they are pretty, and that alters the case.
The two women had taken an instant dislike to one another upon meeting many years before and that dislike had grown steadily worse since Amala had become the consort of Commodore Lexis, the OIC of the Ministry of Public Education.
Most of the hysterical antipollution Instant Experts so dearly love their personal wheels that they forgive their dear beasts any nasty stink they may produce.
The bodies of the ants began to pile up and for a fleeting instant, Felix thought that they would get them all by killing the handful that could squeeze through effectively.
There was a short struggle at the surface, and then a swirl of waters, a little eddy, and a burst of bubbles soon smoothed out by the flowing current marked for the instant the spot where Tarzan of the Apes, Lord of the Jungle, disappeared from the sight of men beneath the gloomy waters of the dark and forbidding Ugambi.
This time everything went well, but Sandy Apgar was near at hand, though out of sight of the camera, to be ready to jump on the instant, if the horses showed any signs of fright.
When Apollyon met Christian he was not in doubt for an instant, for the monster was hideous to behold: he had scales like a fish, wings like a dragon, feet like a bear, out of his belly came fire and smoke, and his mouth was as the mouth of a lion.
The three men looked at it, appraisingly, and all saw it at the same instant: in the middle of the forehead, the eyeless head showed an indentation.
CY Aquarii, which had been a soft white patch, became for an instant a tiny bright point of agony.
He remembered how she had looked at Ardoise in that instant when she thought Jai was giving her the Skolian.
For an instant, Asherah disgusted herself by throwing up her arms, as if they could protect her foolish skull from any chunks of rock that might shake loose from the ceiling.
In that instant, Atlee realized that The Shadow had not found opportunity to draw a gun.