Instant - Definition

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: instant, 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, instant]
n 1: 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" [syn: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat,
instant, 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, instant]