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short

/ʃoːt/ /ʃɔːt/ /ʃɔɹt/

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noun

A short circuit.

Examples :

"The faulty electrical wiring caused a short circuit, plunging the whole house into darkness. "

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A short film.

Examples :

"My sister's film class made a short about their dog. "

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A short version of a garment in a particular size.

Examples :

"38 short suits fit me right off the rack."

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noun

Examples :

"Jones smashes a grounder between third and short."

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A short seller.

Examples :

"The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne."

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A short sale.

Examples :

"He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months."

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A summary account.

Examples :

"The teacher gave a short of the chapter's main points before the test. "

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A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

Examples :

"The "short" of the word "butter" is just one syllable. "

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An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.

Examples :

"The program used a short data type for storing student IDs, as they are always less than 65,536. "

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An automobile; especially in crack shorts, to break into automobiles.

Examples :

"The thieves used a short to get into the parked cars. "

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verb

To cause a short circuit in (something).

Examples :

"The faulty electrical cord shorted the entire room's lighting system. "

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verb

Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.

Examples :

"The faulty wire in the lamp short-circuited, causing a small fire. "

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verb

To shortchange.

Examples :

"The store owner shortchanged my grandmother by a dollar on her grocery bill. "

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To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.

Examples :

"This is the third time I’ve caught them shorting us."

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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.

Examples :

"The student decided to short-sell some stock options, hoping the price would fall before the delivery date. "

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verb

Examples :

"The teacher shortened the lesson to fit the time remaining. "

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adjective

Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.

Examples :

"The table was short, so we couldn't all sit around it comfortably. "

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adjective

(of a person) Of comparatively small height.

Examples :

"My little sister is short for her age. "

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adjective

Having little duration.

Examples :

"Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it’s been at least twenty minutes long."

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adjective

(followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).

Examples :

"“Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible"."

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adjective

(of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.

Examples :

"The shortstop quickly fielded the grounder. "

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adjective

(of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.

Examples :

"The tennis ball bounced short, landing well in front of the player. "

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(of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.

Examples :

"The golfer's short approach shot landed several feet short of the green. "

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adjective

(of pastries) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of a large quantity of fat. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening.)

Examples :

"The pastry chef made a delicious, short crust for the apple pie. "

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adjective

Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.

Examples :

"He gave a short answer to the question."

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adjective

Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.

Examples :

"a short supply of provisions"

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Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.

Examples :

"The family was short on money this month, so they had to cut back on groceries. "

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adjective

Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.

Examples :

"an account which is short of the truth"

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Undiluted; neat.

Examples :

"The recipe called for short, undiluted vanilla extract. "

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adjective

Not distant in time; near at hand.

Examples :

"The meeting is short; it starts in fifteen minutes. "

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adjective

Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.

Examples :

"My aunt has a short position on the stock of the local bakery, expecting its price to fall. "

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adverb

Abruptly, curtly, briefly.

Examples :

"He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting."

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adverb

Examples :

"The recent developments at work caught them short."

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adverb

Without achieving a goal or requirement.

Examples :

"His speech fell short of what was expected."

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(of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.

Examples :

"The cricket ball bounced short, so the batter had to move back to hit it. "

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adverb

With a negative ownership position.

Examples :

"We went short most finance companies in July."

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preposition

Examples :

"The student's performance was short in effort; he didn't try hard enough. "

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preposition

Having a negative position in.

Examples :

"I don’t want to be short the market going into the weekend."

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