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.

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