instant
in stuhnt
- n a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
- n a particular point in time
- s occurring with no delay
relief was instantaneous
instant gratification - s in or of the present month
- s demanding attention
an instant need
- Other bloggers linked to them; soon the news networks were covering it, and some incriminating instant messages surfaced.
- Polaroid Founder-Chairman Edwin Land is a showman who likes to use his corporation's annual meetings to stage splashy demonstrations of the company's latest instant-photography.
- A late bloomer invented the instant noodles that fueled the Asian Miracle.