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▸ adjective:  Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
▸ adjective:  (of a person) Of comparatively small height.
▸ adjective:  Having little duration.
▸ adjective:  (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
▸ adjective:  (cricket, of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.
▸ adjective:  (cricket, of a ball) bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
▸ adjective:  (golf, of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.
▸ adjective:  (gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
▸ adjective:  (baking, of pastries, metallurgy) Brittle, crumbly. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening, hot short, cold-short.)
▸ adjective:  Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
▸ adjective:  Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
▸ adjective:  Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
▸ adjective:  Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
▸ adjective:  (colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
▸ adjective:  (finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
▸ adjective:  (by extension) Doubtful of, skeptical of.
▸ adjective:  (finance, dated) Of money: given in the fewest possible notes, i.e. those of the largest denomination.
▸ adverb:  Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
▸ adverb:  Unawares.
▸ adverb:  Without achieving a goal or requirement.
▸ adverb:  (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
▸ adverb:  (finance) With a negative ownership position.
▸ noun:  A short circuit.
▸ noun:  A short film.
▸ noun:  A short-form vertical video.
▸ noun:  A YouTube video that is less than one minute long.
▸ noun:  A short version of a garment in a particular size.
▸ noun:  (baseball) A shortstop.
▸ noun:  (finance) A short seller.
▸ noun:  (finance) A short sale or short position.
▸ noun:  A summary account.
▸ noun:  (phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
▸ noun:  (programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
▸ noun:  (US, slang) An automobile; especially in crack shorts, to break into automobiles.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
▸ verb:  (intransitive, of an electrical circuit) To short circuit.
▸ verb:  (transitive, informal) To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.
▸ verb:  (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To shorten.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States.
▸ noun:  A census-designated place in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States.

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