Main entry: minute, moment, second, instant
Definition: a particular point in time
Usage: the moment he arrived the party began
Main entry: New York minute, split second, blink of an eye, wink, heartbeat, instant, trice, twinkling, flash, jiffy
Definition: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
Usage: if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
Main entry: insistent, instant, clamant, crying, exigent
Definition: demanding attention
Usage: clamant needs; a crying need; regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous- H.L.Mencken; insistent hunger; an instant need
Main entry: instant, instantaneous
Definition: occurring with no delay
Usage: relief was instantaneous; instant gratification
Definition: in or of the present month
Usage: your letter of the 10th inst