Usually means: Quick to anger or explode.
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  1. short fuse: Merriam-Webster
  2. short fuse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. short fuse: Collins English Dictionary
  4. short fuse: Wiktionary
  5. short fuse: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. short fuse: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. short fuse: Dictionary.com
  8. short fuse: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. short fuse: Legal dictionary

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  1. short fuse: Encyclopedia

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  2. short fuse: Idioms

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  1. short fuse: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (short fuse)

noun:  (idiomatic) The personality trait of being quick to anger.

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