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Quick definitions from WordNet (short)
▸ noun: the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
▸ noun: the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between 2nd and 3rd base
▸ noun: accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
▸ verb: cheat someone by not returning him enough money
▸ verb: create a short-circuit in
▸ adjective: primarily spatial sense; having little length or lacking in length ("Short skirts")
▸ adjective: primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration ("A short life")
▸ adjective: of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt')
▸ adjective: not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices ("A short sale")
▸ adjective: unwilling to endure ("She was short with the slower students")
▸ adjective: lacking foresight or scope ("A short view of the problem")
▸ adjective: (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range ("A short memory")
▸ adjective: used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration
▸ adjective: low in stature; not tall ("His was short and stocky")
▸ adjective: containing a large amount of shortening; therefore tender and easy to crumble or break into flakes ("Shortbread is a short crumbly cookie")
▸ adjective: most direct ("Took the shortest and most direct route to town")
▸ adjective: not sufficient to meet a need ("Money is short")
▸ adjective: less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so ("Regularly gives short weight")
▸ adjective: quickly aroused to anger
▸ adverb: tightly ("She caught him up short on his lapel")
▸ adverb: at a disadvantage ("I was caught short")
▸ adverb: so as to interrupt ("She took him up short before he could continue")
▸ adverb: at some point or distance before a goal is reached ("He fell short of our expectations")
▸ adverb: clean across ("The car's axle snapped short")
▸ adverb: without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold ("He made his fortune by selling short just before the crash")
▸ adverb: in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner ("He talked short with everyone")
▸ adverb: quickly and without warning
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 4761 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #550)
▸ Also see shorts
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to short
▸ Usage examples for short
▸ Idioms related to short (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing short
▸ Popular nouns described by short
▸ Words that often appear near short
▸ Rhymes of short
▸ Invented words related to short
▸ noun: the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
▸ noun: the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between 2nd and 3rd base
▸ noun: accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
▸ verb: cheat someone by not returning him enough money
▸ verb: create a short-circuit in
▸ adjective: primarily spatial sense; having little length or lacking in length ("Short skirts")
▸ adjective: primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration ("A short life")
▸ adjective: of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt')
▸ adjective: not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices ("A short sale")
▸ adjective: unwilling to endure ("She was short with the slower students")
▸ adjective: lacking foresight or scope ("A short view of the problem")
▸ adjective: (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range ("A short memory")
▸ adjective: used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration
▸ adjective: low in stature; not tall ("His was short and stocky")
▸ adjective: containing a large amount of shortening; therefore tender and easy to crumble or break into flakes ("Shortbread is a short crumbly cookie")
▸ adjective: most direct ("Took the shortest and most direct route to town")
▸ adjective: not sufficient to meet a need ("Money is short")
▸ adjective: less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so ("Regularly gives short weight")
▸ adjective: quickly aroused to anger
▸ adverb: tightly ("She caught him up short on his lapel")
▸ adverb: at a disadvantage ("I was caught short")
▸ adverb: so as to interrupt ("She took him up short before he could continue")
▸ adverb: at some point or distance before a goal is reached ("He fell short of our expectations")
▸ adverb: clean across ("The car's axle snapped short")
▸ adverb: without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold ("He made his fortune by selling short just before the crash")
▸ adverb: in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner ("He talked short with everyone")
▸ adverb: quickly and without warning
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 4761 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #550)
▸ Also see shorts
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to short
▸ Usage examples for short
▸ Idioms related to short (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing short
▸ Popular nouns described by short
▸ Words that often appear near short
▸ Rhymes of short
▸ Invented words related to short