verb🔗ShareTo cause a short circuit in (something)."The spilled coffee is shorting the keyboard, so it's not working properly. "electronicstechnicalelectrictechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareOf an electrical circuit, to short circuit."The old lamp started flickering and then stopped working; it seemed like it was shorting out. "electronicselectrictechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo shortchange."The cashier shorting customers is a serious issue in that store. "businessfinanceeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount."This is the third time I’ve caught them shorting us."businesscommerceeconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo 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."Because he believed the company's stock price would fall, John was shorting shares of ABC Corp. "businessfinanceeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo shorten."The tailor is shorting the pants because they are too long. "languagegrammarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
