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Short
ʃɔːt
- measuring a small distance from end to end
"short dark hair"
- (of a journey) covering a small distance
"the hotel is a short walk from the sea"
- (of a garment or sleeves on a garment) only covering the top part of a person's arms or legs
"a short skirt"
- (of a person) small in height
"he is short and tubby"
- (of a ball in cricket, a shot in tennis, etc.) travelling only a small distance before bouncing
"he uses his opportunities to attack every short ball"
- denoting fielding positions relatively close to the batter
"short midwicket"
- lasting or taking a small amount of time
"visiting London for a short break"
brief momentary temporary short-lived impermanent short-term cursory fleeting passing fugitive flying lightning transitory transient ephemeral evanescent fading quick meteoric- seeming to last less time than is the case; passing quickly
"in 10 short years all this changed"
- (of a person's memory) retaining things for only a small amount of time
"he has a short memory for past misdeeds"
- relatively small in extent
"a short speech"
concise brief succinct to the point compact terse curt summary economical crisp short and sweet pithy epigrammatic laconic pointed thumbnail abridged abbreviated condensed synoptic compendious summarized contracted curtailed truncated- not having enough of (something); lacking or deficient in
"they were very short of provisions"
- in insufficient supply
"food is short"
- (of a person) terse; uncivil
"he was often sharp and rather short with her"
- (of odds or a chance) reflecting or representing a high level of probability
"they have been backed at short odds to win thousands of pounds"
- (of stocks or other securities or commodities) sold in advance of being acquired, with reliance on the price falling so that a profit can be made
- (of a broker, position in the market, etc.) buying or based on short stocks or other securities or commodities
- denoting or having a relatively early date for the maturing of a bill of exchange
- (of a vowel) categorized as short with regard to quality and length (e.g. in standard British English the vowel /ʊ/ in good is short as distinct from the long vowel /uː/ in food)
- (of a vowel or syllable) having the lesser of the two recognized durations
- (of pastry) containing a high proportion of fat to flour and therefore crumbly
- (of clay) having poor plasticity
- (chiefly in sport) at, to, or over a relatively small distance
"you go deep and you go short"
- not as far as the point aimed at; not far enough
"all too often you pitch the ball short"
- a drink of spirits served in a small measure
- a short film as opposed to a feature film
- a short sound such as a short signal in Morse code or a short vowel or syllable
"her call was two longs and a short"
- a short circuit
- a person who sells short
- short-dated stocks
- a mixture of bran and coarse flour
- short-circuit or cause to short-circuit
"the electrical circuit had shorted out"
- sell (stocks or other securities or commodities) in advance of acquiring them, with the aim of making a profit when the price falls
"the rule prevents sellers from shorting a stock unless the last trade resulted in a price increase"