short
IPA: ʃˈɔrt
noun
- A short circuit.
- A short film.
- A short version of a garment in a particular size.
- (baseball) A shortstop.
- (finance) A short seller.
- (finance) A short sale or short position.
- A summary account.
- (phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
- (programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
- (US, slang) An automobile; especially in crack shorts, to break into automobiles.
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States.
- A census-designated place in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States.
verb
- (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
- (intransitive, of an electrical circuit) To short circuit.
- (transitive) To shortchange.
- (transitive, informal) To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
- (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.
- (obsolete) To shorten.
adjective
- Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- (of a person) Of comparatively small height.
- Having little duration.
- (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
- (cricket, of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.
- (cricket, of a ball) bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
- (golf, of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.
- (gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
- (baking, of pastries, metallurgy) Brittle, crumbly. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening, hot short, cold-short.)
- Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
- Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
- Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
- Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
- (colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
- (obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
- (finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
- (by extension) Doubtful of, skeptical of.
- (finance, dated) Of money: given in the fewest possible notes, i.e. those of the largest denomination.
adverb
- Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
- Unawares.
- Without achieving a goal or requirement.
- (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
- (finance) With a negative ownership position.
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Examples of "short" in Sentences
- The route follows the short length of the shoreline.
- The discussion was prematurely cut short by the redirect.
- The cortege then travelled the short distance to Stormont.
- Sylvain died in quicksand a short distance from the shore.
- The most common complaint was the short length of the game.
- Sylvain died in quicksand, a short distance from the shore.
- The only real disadvantage is the comparatively short length.
- In short, the length and the coherence of extracts should be balanced.
- The short length of wall on the right is the end wall of the wheelpit.
- The two routes are concurrent for a short distance in the town of Greenwood.