instant (
http://definr.com/instant)
adj 1: occurring with no delay; "relief was instantaneous";
"instant gratification" [syn:
instantaneous,
instant(a)]
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]
n 1: a very short time (as the time it takes to blink once); "if
I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" [syn: {blink of
an eye},
flash,
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]