Usually means: Informal term for a young person.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word shorty:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. shorty: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shorty: Merriam-Webster
  3. shorty: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. shorty: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. shorty: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Shorty, shorty: Wordnik
  7. shorty: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Shorty, shorty: Wiktionary
  9. shorty: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. shorty (shortie): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. shorty: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. shorty: Dictionary.com
  13. Shorty (band), Shorty (crater), Shorty (disambiguation), Shorty (film), Shorty (nickname), Shorty (rapper), Shorty (song), Shorty: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Shorty: Rhymezone
  15. shorty: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. shorty: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shorty: Sports Definitions

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See shorties as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (informal) A short person.
noun:  (informal) A term of endearment for a child, younger sibling, shorter person, etc.
noun:  (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular) A child.
noun:  (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular) An attractive young female, especially one who is sexually available.
noun:  (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular) A girlfriend.
noun:  A nickname for a short person or (humorously) a tall person.

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