trice

n.
A very short period of time; an instant: came back in a trice.

tr.v. Nautical, triced, tric·ing, tric·es.
To hoist and secure with a rope: trice a sail.

[From Middle English (at a) trise, at one pull, from trisen, to hoist, from Middle Dutch trīsen, from trīse, pulley. V., from Middle English trisen.]

noun

A very brief time: crack, flash, instant, minute¹, moment, second¹, twinkle, twinkling, wink. Informal jiff, jiffy. Chiefly British tick. See big/small/amount, time.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a very short time (as the time it takes to blink once)
  Synonyms: blink of an eye, flash, instant, jiffy, split second, twinkling, wink, New York minute

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The verb trice has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: raise with a line, as of a window shade
  Synonym: trice up

Meaning #2: hoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope
  Synonym: trice up

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fart, håndevending; i udtryk
v. tr. - hale op

idioms:

• in a trice    i en håndevending

Nederlands (Dutch)
moment, (op)hijsen

Français (French)
1.
n. - (un) rien de temps

idioms:

• in a trice    en moins de deux, en un rien de temps

2.
v. tr. - hisser

idioms:

• trice up    tirer complètement et attacher avec une corde

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Augenblick

idioms:

• in a trice    in Null Komma nichts

2.
v. - (mar.) holen

idioms:

• trice up    aufheißen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - στιγμούλα, κλάσμα του δευτερολέπτου
v. - (ναυτ.) ανοίγω και δένω πανί

idioms:

• in a trice    αυτοστιγμεί, αμέσως, στο άψε-σβήσε

Italiano (Italian)
alare

idioms:

• in a trice    in quattro e quattr'otto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - instante (m), momento (m)
v. - suspender, içar

idioms:

• in a trice    num instante

Русский (Russian)
трижды

idioms:

• in a trice    мигом

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - instante

idioms:

• in a trice    en un santiamén, en un abrir y cerrar de ojos

2.
v. tr. - izar

idioms:

• trice up    izar y tensar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - handvändning, blink
v. - hala upp och göra fast (sjö)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
瞬间, 一刹那, 吊起, 缚住

idioms:

• in a trice    瞬间, 转眼间, 立即

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 瞬間, 一剎那
v. tr. - 吊起, 縛住

idioms:

• in a trice    瞬間, 轉眼間, 立即

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 순간
v. tr. - 밧줄로 달아 올리다, 끌어 올려서 묶다

idioms:

• in a trice    순식간에

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 索で吊り上げる
n. - 瞬間

idioms:

• in a trice    またたく間に

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لحظه (فعل) يرفع شراعا ويثبته بحبل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הרף-עין‬
v. tr. - ‮משך והידק בחבל‬

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