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short en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ʃoɹt/ early 20th century General American, near-obsolete
• shôrt (General-American)
• /ʃoːt/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
• /ʃoɹt/ (General-American)
• /ʃɒt/ (Eastern-New-England)
• (General-American) audio
• /ʃɔːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ʃɔːt/ Manchester
• [ʃoɹʔ] (General-American)
• audio SSB
• /ʃɔɾt/ (Scotland)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-West Germanic *skurt Old English sċort Middle English schort English short From Middle English schort, short, from Old English sċeort, sċort (“short”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Doublet of shirt, skirt, and curt. Cognates Cognate with Scots short, schort (“short”), French court, Dutch kort, German kurz, Old High German scurz (“short”) (whence Middle High German schurz), Old Norse skorta (“to lack”) (whence Danish skorte), Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), Latin curtus (“shortened, incomplete”) and Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ. See more at shirt.

Meanings

1. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
2. Of a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.
   • Nhung Ngo had the shortest legs at Site-43. She was the shortest member of staff, two inches beneath the positively elfin Delfina Ibanez, and yet Lillian found her inexplicably difficult to shake. Power-walking down the halls didn't do the trick, as it always did when Wettle-dodging, since the diminutive headshrink kept disappearing into commissaries or service corridors or even other people's offices and emerging, smiling, in front of her. 2022 September 22, HarryBlank, “Mind Over Matter”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 23 May 2024:
3. Having little duration.
   • The results of this generalized speedup of the corporate metabolism are multiple: shorter product life cycles, more leasing and renting, more frequent buying and selling, more ephemeral consumption patterns, […] 1980, Alvin Toffler, The Third Wave, page 230:
   • Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it’s been at least twenty minutes long.
   • Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals. 2012 March-April, Anna Lena Phillips, “Sneaky Silk Moths”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2013, page 172:
   • Having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is associated with a shorter life expectancy and a greater risk of mental health issues, according to a new study of more than 30,000 people with the disorder in the United Kingdom. 2025 January 23, Kristen Rogers, “People with ADHD have shorter life expectancy and higher risk of mental health issues, study finds”, in CNN:
4. (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
   • "Phone" is short for "telephone" and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".
5. Of a fielder or fielding position, that is relatively close to the batsman.
6. Of a ball, bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
7. Of an approach shot or putt, that falls short of the green or the hole.
8. Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
9. Of pastries or (metallurgy) of materials, brittle, crumbly.
   • hot short
   • I chose to interpret the references to butter and sugar as indicating that a short pastry was required. (Later editions suggest a biscuit-like texture.) 2013, Heston Blumenthal, Historic Heston, →ISBN, page 122:
   • shortbread
10. Abrupt, brief, pointed, curt.
    • “We are short to-night!” cries the woman, with a propitiatory laugh. “Short and snappish we are! […]” 1870 April–September, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1870, →OCLC:
    • The reason I was a tad short with Start, Leeper and Burnsome was my fear they, with their education, experience and degrees, would see what I had denied for all these years[…]. 2014, Charles E. Schwarz, Murder at the Table of Fools:
    • He gave a short answer to the question.
11. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
    • a short supply of provisions
12. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
    • to be short of money
    • The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.
    • I'd lend you the cash but I'm a little short at present.
13. Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
    • […]the people are worn down with taxes, and hardly anything short of an invasion could rouse them again to war. 1829, Walter Savage Landor, “The Emperor Alexander and Capo D'Istria”, in Imaginary Conversations, volume IV:
    • an account which is short of the truth
14. (colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
    • “There ain’t no drain of nothing short handy, is there?” said the Chicken, generally. “This here sluicing night is hard lines to a man as lives on his condition.” Captain Cuttle proffered a glass of rum […] 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
    • Delance raised his beer and watched Hoadly throw down another swig of hard stuff. "Take it short if you want to make it over the mountain tonight." 2003, Linda Chaikin, Desert Rose:
15. (obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
    • But, alas! he who escapes from death is not pardoned; he is only reprieved, and reprieved to a short day. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume I, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
    • He commanded those who were appointed to attend him to be ready by a short day. 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater:
    • Marinell was sore offended / That his departure thence should be so short. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 18:
16. Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
    • short position
    • I'm short in General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.
17. (broadly) Doubtful of, skeptical of.
18. (dated) Of money, given in the fewest possible notes, i.e. those of the largest denomination.
    • He pulled a cheque-book from his pocket, and drew for two hundred thousand pounds. “I'll take it short,” he said […] 1909, James Blyth, The member for Easterby, page 296:

Forms

Antonyms

long · long · deep · long · tall · long · tall · long · long · high · tall · broad

Coordinates

shallow · slim · narrow · long

Hypernyms

small

Hyponyms

stocky · decurtate · squat · dumpy · abridged

Relateds

shorty · pipsqueak · heightism · shortness · short man syndrome

Synonyms

scrimp · short · stubby · stubbed · low · brief · low · petite · concise · slim · shortsome · little · shallow · pint-sized · stumpy · narrow · titchy · vertically challenged

Translations (386)

rap poto (of a person, of comparatively small height) · hu rövid (having a small distance between ends or edges) · sv förkortning (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) · mt qasir (having a small distance between ends or edges) · sv kort (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) · lad kurto (having a small distance between ends or edges) · pap kòrtiku (having a small distance between ends or edges) · nb kort (having a small distance between ends or edges) · gag gücük (having a small distance between ends or edges) · min singkek (having a small distance between ends or edges) · sv kort (of a person, of comparatively small height) · hy կարճ (having little duration) · ml കുറിയ (of a person, of comparatively small height) · pt breve (having little duration) · es bajo (of a person, of comparatively small height) · kbd кӏагуэ (having a small distance between ends or edges) · da kort (having a small distance between ends or edges) · cu кратъкъ (having a small distance between ends or edges) · grc βραχύς (having little duration) · it corto (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ga tearc (limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty) · fi lyhyt (having little duration) · gag cıba (having a small distance between ends or edges) · kk қысқа (having a small distance between ends or edges) · mbb mevava' (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fa کوتاه (having little duration) · da kort (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) · dsb krotki (having a small distance between ends or edges) · la curtus (having a small distance between ends or edges) · mi poto (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ko 짧다 (having a small distance between ends or edges) · mn намхан (of a person, of comparatively small height) · sw -fupi (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fa کوتاه (of a person, of comparatively small height) · msk pandak (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ha gajere (having a small distance between ends or edges) · bcl hababa (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ro prescurtare (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) · ro abreviere (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) · it abbreviazione (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) · ang sċort (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fo lágur (of a person, of comparatively small height) · fr bref (of a person, of comparatively small height) · yue 短 (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fi vajaa (insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking) · zh дуан (having little duration) · fi puutteellinen (deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard) · it mezzacartuccia (of a person, of comparatively small height) · fi vähempi (deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard) · my တို (having little duration) · csb krótczi (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fi lyhyt muoto (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) · uk коро́ткий (having a small distance between ends or edges) · oc cort (having a small distance between ends or edges) · mi kanepoto (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ota قیصه (having a small distance between ends or edges) · gug mbyky (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ur کوتاہ (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fa قد کوتاه (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ln kuse (having a small distance between ends or edges) · mk низок (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ltg eiss (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ro scurt (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ceb mubo (having a small distance between ends or edges) · tg паст (of a person, of comparatively small height) · fo stuttur (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ce доца (having a small distance between ends or edges) · wa court (having little duration) · ast cortu (having a small distance between ends or edges) · gl baixo (of a person, of comparatively small height) · jv cekak (having little duration) · eo kurta (golf: falling short of the green or the hole) · gd beag (of a person, of comparatively small height) · es canijo (of a person, of comparatively small height) · is stuttur (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ln mokuse (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ca baix (of a person, of comparatively small height) · az qısa (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ga beag (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ug قىسقا (having a small distance between ends or edges) · io kurta (having a small distance between ends or edges) · crh qısqa (having a small distance between ends or edges) · eo mallonga (having a small distance between ends or edges) · sl kratek (having a small distance between ends or edges) · lo ສັ້ນ (having a small distance between ends or edges) · cs krátký (having little duration) · sk krátky (having a small distance between ends or edges) · lad bashitiko (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ms pendek (having little duration) · cdo 短 (having a small distance between ends or edges) · sl majhna (of a person, of comparatively small height) · haw pōkole (having a small distance between ends or edges) · tr kısa (having a small distance between ends or edges) · zu fuphi (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ja 低い (of a person, of comparatively small height) · pt curto (having a small distance between ends or edges) · it corto (of a person, of comparatively small height) · hy կրճատ (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) · lmo cùrt (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fi pikainen (not distant in time; near at hand) · la humilis (of a person, of comparatively small height) · el σύντομος (having a small distance between ends or edges) · za gvwd (having a small distance between ends or edges) · enm schort (having a small distance between ends or edges) · hu kurta (having a small distance between ends or edges) · eve урумкун (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fi lyhyt (abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant) · sv kort (having a small distance between ends or edges) · mrj кӹтӹк (having a small distance between ends or edges) · eo malalta (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ru невысо́кий (of a person, of comparatively small height) · zu fushane (having a small distance between ends or edges) · pl niski (of a person, of comparatively small height) · kmr kurtî (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) · nap curto (having a small distance between ends or edges) · et lühike (of a person, of comparatively small height) · kxd buntak (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ca curt (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fi lyhyt (of a person, of comparatively small height) · pt abreviação (de) (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) · as চুটি (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fa کوتاه (having a small distance between ends or edges) · zh дуан (having a small distance between ends or edges) · is stuttur (having a small distance between ends or edges) · sh кра̀так (having a small distance between ends or edges) · es corto (having a small distance between ends or edges) · myv нурька (having a small distance between ends or edges) · is lágur (of a person, of comparatively small height) · bg кра́тък (having a small distance between ends or edges) · liv līti (having a small distance between ends or edges) · nl kort (voor) (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) · ar قَصِير (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fa کوتوله (of a person, of comparatively small height) · swb -kutri (having little duration) · za dinj (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fi lyhyt (golf: falling short of the green or the hole) · be ні́зкі (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ro scund (of a person, of comparatively small height) · fi puutteellinen (insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking) · tet badak (having a small distance between ends or edges) · la brevis (having little duration) · bg ни́сък (of a person, of comparatively small height) · cy byrion (having a small distance between ends or edges) · roa-tar corte (having a small distance between ends or edges) · pl krótki (having little duration) · it corto (having little duration) · kxd pindik (having little duration) · el κοντός (having a small distance between ends or edges) · km ទាប (of a person, of comparatively small height) · fi muro- (of pastries: brittle, crumbly) · hy կարճ (having a small distance between ends or edges) · cy byr (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ps لنډ (having a small distance between ends or edges) · kxd singkat (having little duration) · ady кӏако (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ko 짧은 (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fur curt (having a small distance between ends or edges) · cy byr (of a person, of comparatively small height) · uz qisqa (having a small distance between ends or edges) · mi takupū (of a person, of comparatively small height) · yai паст (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ru коро́ткий (having little duration) · zh 短 (having a small distance between ends or edges) · km ខ្លី (having a small distance between ends or edges) · id kependekan (dari) (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) · hu alacsony (of a person, of comparatively small height) · he קָצָר (having a small distance between ends or edges) · kxd pindik (of a person, of comparatively small height) · as চাপৰ (of a person, of comparatively small height) · cy ber (having a small distance between ends or edges) · lt žemà (of a person, of comparatively small height) · scn curtu (having a small distance between ends or edges) · my တို (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fr bref (having little duration) · be каро́ткі (having a small distance between ends or edges) · za ngaed (having a small distance between ends or edges) · pl krótki (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fi raaka (undiluted; neat) · sva მეკუ̂შდე (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ja 短い (having little duration) · ja 小柄 (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ccc na'yechoma (of a person, of comparatively small height) · zea kort (having a small distance between ends or edges) · yi קורץ (having a small distance between ends or edges) · it piccolo (of a person, of comparatively small height) · sl majhen (of a person, of comparatively small height) · th เตี้ย (of a person, of comparatively small height) · mhr кӱчык (having a small distance between ends or edges) · gd goirid (having little duration) · bn কম (having a small distance between ends or edges) · zh 矮 (of a person, of comparatively small height) · evn урумкун (having a small distance between ends or edges) · mi tukutata (having a small distance between ends or edges) · sq i shkurtër (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ga gairid (having a small distance between ends or edges) · so gaaban (having a small distance between ends or edges) · vo brefik (having a small distance between ends or edges) · jv cekak (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ms pendek (of a person, of comparatively small height) · rue коро́ткый (having a small distance between ends or edges) · izh lyhyt (of a person, of comparatively small height) · xdq кутӏ (having a small distance between ends or edges) · mga gerr (having a small distance between ends or edges) · lv īss (having a small distance between ends or edges) · rif aquḍaḍ (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fr court (having a small distance between ends or edges) · zh 短 (having little duration) · kea baxu (of a person, of comparatively small height) · mn богино (having a small distance between ends or edges) · yue 矮 (of a person, of comparatively small height) · tg кӯтоҳ (having a small distance between ends or edges) · tt кыска (having a small distance between ends or edges) · hi कम (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ar قصير (having a small distance between ends or edges) · as চমু (having little duration) · avd کله (having a small distance between ends or edges) · lt žẽmas (of a person, of comparatively small height) · hi नाटा (having a small distance between ends or edges) · es zaparruco (of a person, of comparatively small height) · am አጭር (having little duration) · chr ᎠᏍᏆᎳᎢ (having a small distance between ends or edges) · lv īss (of a person, of comparatively small height) · fi vähän (insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking) · mi uriuri (having little duration) · lt trum̃pas (having little duration) · la brevis (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fi niukka (limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty) · rup shcurtu (having a small distance between ends or edges) · bg съкрате́но (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) · wa court (having a small distance between ends or edges) · sah кылгас (having a small distance between ends or edges) · grc βραχύς (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fo lágvaksin (of a person, of comparatively small height) · et lühike (having a small distance between ends or edges) · my နိမ့် (of a person, of comparatively small height) · mnc ᡶᠣᡥᠣᠯᠣᠨ (having a small distance between ends or edges) · sw -fupi (of a person, of comparatively small height) · da lav (of a person, of comparatively small height) · bnt-phu fuphi (having a small distance between ends or edges) · mi pōtehetehe (having a small distance between ends or edges) · mdf нюрьхкяня (having a small distance between ends or edges) · lt trumpas (having a small distance between ends or edges) · hy ցածրահասակ (of a person, of comparatively small height) · gug karape (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ltg eiss (of a person, of comparatively small height) · mi turu (having little duration) · de klein (of a person, of comparatively small height) · mk кус (having little duration) · ky кыска (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ro scurt (having little duration) · fi pian (not distant in time; near at hand) · lad kurto (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ka მოკლე (having a small distance between ends or edges) · udm вакчи (having a small distance between ends or edges) · th สั้น (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ru ни́зкий (of a person, of comparatively small height) · fi vajaa (deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard) · el κοντός (of a person, of comparatively small height) · mk краток (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fr petit (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ga gairid (having little duration) · xmf კუნტა (having a small distance between ends or edges) · kaw paṇḍak (having a small distance between ends or edges) · vi ngắn (having a small distance between ends or edges) · my ပု (of a person, of comparatively small height) · de kurz (having little duration) · sv kort (being in a financial investment position to profit of falling prices) · vi thấp (of a person, of comparatively small height) · es petiso (of a person, of comparatively small height) · gd goirid (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fr court (having little duration) · ss físha (having a small distance between ends or edges) · izh lyhyt (having little duration) · lzz მკულე (having a small distance between ends or edges) · myv нурькине (having a small distance between ends or edges) · jv cendhèk (having a small distance between ends or edges) · kxd randah (of a person, of comparatively small height) · zh җеё (having little duration) · hy կոլոտ (of a person, of comparatively small height) · de kurz (having a small distance between ends or edges) · kbd кӏэщӏ (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ga gearr (having little duration) · nl binnenkort (not distant in time; near at hand) · ta குள்ளமான (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ar قصير (having a small distance between ends or edges) · es pishirico (of a person, of comparatively small height) · as চুটি-চাপৰ (of a person, of comparatively small height) · cs malý (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ulw adahka (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ota آلچاق (of a person, of comparatively small height) · sa ह्रस्व (having a small distance between ends or edges) · es patato (of a person, of comparatively small height) · uk ни́зький (of a person, of comparatively small height) · za gud (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ko 작다 (of a person, of comparatively small height) · bcl halipot (having a small distance between ends or edges) · da kort (having little duration) · ur چھوٹا (having a small distance between ends or edges) · gld хурми (having a small distance between ends or edges) · hsb krótki (having a small distance between ends or edges) · dlm cort (having a small distance between ends or edges) · it cartuccia (of a person, of comparatively small height) · gl curto (having a small distance between ends or edges) · lt trumpà (having little duration) · anq učəhə (of a person, of comparatively small height) · as চাপৰ (having a small distance between ends or edges) · he נָמוּךְ (of a person, of comparatively small height) · cs krátký (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ota كوتاه (having a small distance between ends or edges) · mk кус (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ja 略語 (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) · nl kort (having little duration) · mi popoto (having a small distance between ends or edges) · vi lùn (of a person, of comparatively small height) · pt curto (having little duration) · tr kısa (of a person, of comparatively small height) · hy կարճահասակ (of a person, of comparatively small height) · kxd sekajap (having little duration) · is lágvaxinn (of a person, of comparatively small height) · kxd pindik (having a small distance between ends or edges) · mga berr (of a person, of comparatively small height) · gl curto (having little duration) · ga gearr (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ia breve (having little duration) · fi lyhennys (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) · kxd buntak (having a small distance between ends or edges) · kmr kurt (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ru кра́ткий (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) · ss fishane (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ml ചെറിയ (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fi lyhyt (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ms pendek (having a small distance between ends or edges) · izh lyhyt (having a small distance between ends or edges) · mi pātehetehe (having a small distance between ends or edges) · su pondok (having a small distance between ends or edges) · nn kort (having a small distance between ends or edges) · as চুটি (having little duration) · tk gysga (having a small distance between ends or edges) · cs zkrácený (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) · bg кра́тък (having little duration) · izh matalain (of a person, of comparatively small height) · zza kılm (diq) (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ru коро́ткий (having a small distance between ends or edges) · kpv дженьыд (having a small distance between ends or edges) · fi vähä (insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking) · za daemq (of a person, of comparatively small height) · es corto (having little duration) · pam makuyad (having a small distance between ends or edges) · am አጭር (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ja 短い (having a small distance between ends or edges) · nl klein (of a person, of comparatively small height) · yue 短 (having little duration) · nl afkorting (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) · om gabaabaa (having a small distance between ends or edges) · tt тәбәнәк (of a person, of comparatively small height) · sh kràtak (having a small distance between ends or edges) · pt baixo (of a person, of comparatively small height) · fi lyhyt (being in a financial investment position to profit of falling prices) · fi pelkkä (undiluted; neat) · fi epätyydyttävä (deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard) · is stuttvaxinn (of a person, of comparatively small height) · mn ахар (having a small distance between ends or edges) · ba тоҡор (having a small distance between ends or edges) · mk краток (having little duration) · it basso (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ko 짧다 (having little duration) · hi छोटा (having a small distance between ends or edges) · sv kort (having little duration) · lv īss (having little duration) · ms singkat (having little duration) · ba ҡыҫҡа (having a small distance between ends or edges) · de kurz (für) (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) · fo stuttur (of a person, of comparatively small height) · mba mababa (having a small distance between ends or edges) · nl kort (having a small distance between ends or edges) · kea bóxe (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ar قَصِير (having little duration) · bg къс (having a small distance between ends or edges) · es chato (of a person, of comparatively small height) · fi vähäinen (insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking) · ml ചെറിയ (of a person, of comparatively small height) · hu rövid (having little duration) · sk nízky (of a person, of comparatively small height) · af kort (having a small distance between ends or edges) · az qısa (of a person, of comparatively small height) · ccc c̈hijtawa (having a small distance between ends or edges)

short en · ADP

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ʃoɹt/ early 20th century General American, near-obsolete
• shôrt (General-American)
• /ʃoːt/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
• /ʃoɹt/ (General-American)
• /ʃɒt/ (Eastern-New-England)
• (General-American) audio
• /ʃɔːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ʃɔːt/ Manchester
• [ʃoɹʔ] (General-American)
• audio SSB
• /ʃɔɾt/ (Scotland)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-West Germanic *skurt Old English sċort Middle English schort English short From Middle English schort, short, from Old English sċeort, sċort (“short”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Doublet of shirt, skirt, and curt. Cognates Cognate with Scots short, schort (“short”), French court, Dutch kort, German kurz, Old High German scurz (“short”) (whence Middle High German schurz), Old Norse skorta (“to lack”) (whence Danish skorte), Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), Latin curtus (“shortened, incomplete”) and Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ. See more at shirt.

Meanings

1. Deficient in.
   • He's short common sense.
   • We are short a few men on the second shift.
2. Having a negative position in.
   • I don’t want to be short the market going into the weekend.

Deriveds

short-handed (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortass (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short and curlies (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short hand (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · step short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · in short trousers (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short tandem repeat (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-finned eel (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · taken short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short e (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · in short order (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short con (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short appoggiatura (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short corner (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-arse (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short sleeper (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short sweetening (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-termist (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · go short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortleaf (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-staffed (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-grain (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortblade (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short eyes (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short oo (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-ship (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short down (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortalls (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-termer (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-order cook (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short stack (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-spoken (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short ballot (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-haul (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-corner (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · rule of the shorter term (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortish (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short snorter (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-hand (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short ton (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short temper (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short man syndrome (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short bus (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortwall (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short sight (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · life is short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-staffing (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortage (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short track (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · thick as two short planks (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short s (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short exact sequence (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-faced bear (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortgrass (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · hot short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortcoming (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortwool (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortboard (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-acting (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · few sandwiches short of a picnic (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-answer (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short shrift (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short hairs (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short haul (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · at short notice (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-track (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short black (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortfalling (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-circuit operator (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-tailed fox (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short back and sides (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-chain (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · the long and the short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-staff (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short gross (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-toed treecreeper (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortify (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short of (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short pull (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short of breath (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · cold short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · for short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short bit (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-tailed parrot (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-tailed blue (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortbread (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-pay (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-finned pilot whale (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · in short supply (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-tack (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-witted (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · take someone up short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-lived (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-paid (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · red-short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · megashort (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · keep it short and simple (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · overshort (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-nosed unicornfish (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short illative (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short meter (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short pass (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short ciliary nerve (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · take a long walk off a short pier (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short ess (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · one short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortfic (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short title (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · greater short-toed lark (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short block (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · sell oneself short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortcast (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · pull short up (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short stacked (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · pull up short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · ride the short bus (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · life's too short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short posterior ciliary artery (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short strokes (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-time (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short drop (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · cold-short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short period comet (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short of a length (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · make short work of (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-handedness (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-fetched (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short for (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-order chef (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · caught short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortsome (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short ribs (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · one brick short of a full load (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short cross (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · unshort (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short reckonings make long friends (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · in short pants (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-head seahorse (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short loin (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · sell short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-stop (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-sightedly (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · draw the short straw (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · screenshort (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · odd-cum-short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortrange (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · one fry short of a Happy Meal (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short 20th century (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short circuit (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short list (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short accounts make long friends (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short sea (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-run (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortsheet (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short a (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short leg (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short king (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short head (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-range (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · few cards short of a full deck (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-termness (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-dated (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short squeeze (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortgevity (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short shorts (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · down to the short strokes (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short queen (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · run short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short vowel (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortgown (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short arm (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · nasty, brutish, and short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-winded (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short leash (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-eared owl (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short QT syndrome (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · gray short-tailed opossum (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-tailed chinchilla (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-lined chocolate (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · supershort (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · bring up short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortcode (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short term (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-eared dog (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-tailed hawk (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-circuit (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · Korean-style short ribs (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortly (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · at short sight (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short break (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short circuit operator (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shorthorn (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short rib (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short handed (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short form (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · take a long walk on a short pier (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short line (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short on looks (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-sleeved (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shorthand (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short order (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-neck'd (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short finals (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortwing (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-fall (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-list (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · three stops short of Dagenham (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · long storey short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · castle short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-period (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · odd-come-short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short end of the stick (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortwave (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · hot-short (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short cut (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · a few clowns short of a circus (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short file name (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · shortfin (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short time (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short code (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-sheet (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · short-wave (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition short) · nothing short of (Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, verb, or preposition 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Relateds

shorts

Synonyms

lacking

Translations (2)

fi puuttua (deficient in) · bg дефицитен (deficient in)

short en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ʃoɹt/ early 20th century General American, near-obsolete
• shôrt (General-American)
• /ʃoːt/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
• /ʃoɹt/ (General-American)
• /ʃɒt/ (Eastern-New-England)
• (General-American) audio
• /ʃɔːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ʃɔːt/ Manchester
• [ʃoɹʔ] (General-American)
• audio SSB
• /ʃɔɾt/ (Scotland)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-West Germanic *skurt Old English sċort Middle English schort English short From Middle English schort, short, from Old English sċeort, sċort (“short”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Doublet of shirt, skirt, and curt. Cognates Cognate with Scots short, schort (“short”), French court, Dutch kort, German kurz, Old High German scurz (“short”) (whence Middle High German schurz), Old Norse skorta (“to lack”) (whence Danish skorte), Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), Latin curtus (“shortened, incomplete”) and Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ. See more at shirt.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
   • He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.
   • They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.
   • The boss got a message and cut the meeting short.
2. (not-comparable) Unawares.
   • We were caught short by the sudden hailstorm.
   • The recent developments at work caught them short.
3. (not-comparable) Without achieving a goal or requirement.
   • His speech fell short of what was expected.
4. (not-comparable, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
5. (not-comparable) With a negative ownership position.
   • We went short most finance companies in July.

Translations (17)

fi valmistautumattomina (unawares — see also unawares) · eo subite (abruptly, briefly) · fi lyhyt (finance: with a negative ownership position) · it di colpo (abruptly, briefly) · fi keskeyttää (abruptly, briefly) · fi olla huonompi kuin (without achieving a goal or requirement) · it inaspettatamente (abruptly, briefly) · fi valmistautumattomana (unawares — see also unawares) · it all'improvviso (abruptly, briefly) · fi äkkiä (abruptly, briefly) · fi yllättää (unawares — see also unawares) · it drasticamente (abruptly, briefly) · it repentinamente (abruptly, briefly) · bg рязко (abruptly, briefly) · fi lyhyeen (abruptly, briefly) · bg внезапно (abruptly, briefly) · it improvvisamente (abruptly, briefly)

short en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ʃoɹt/ early 20th century General American, near-obsolete
• shôrt (General-American)
• /ʃoːt/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
• /ʃoɹt/ (General-American)
• /ʃɒt/ (Eastern-New-England)
• (General-American) audio
• /ʃɔːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ʃɔːt/ Manchester
• [ʃoɹʔ] (General-American)
• audio SSB
• /ʃɔɾt/ (Scotland)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-West Germanic *skurt Old English sċort Middle English schort English short From Middle English schort, short, from Old English sċeort, sċort (“short”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Doublet of shirt, skirt, and curt. Cognates Cognate with Scots short, schort (“short”), French court, Dutch kort, German kurz, Old High German scurz (“short”) (whence Middle High German schurz), Old Norse skorta (“to lack”) (whence Danish skorte), Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), Latin curtus (“shortened, incomplete”) and Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ. See more at shirt.

Meanings

1. A short circuit.
   • The circuit breaker keeps tripping because there's a short in the wiring.
2. A short film.
   • Preceded by a Simpsons short shot in 3-D—perhaps the only thing more superfluous than a fourth Ice Age movie—Ice Age: Continental Drift finds a retinue of vaguely contemporaneous animals coping with life in the post-Pangaea age. 2012 July 12, Sam Adams, AV Club, Ice Age: Continental Drift:
3. (Internet) A short film. ▸ A short-form vertical video.
4. (Internet, broadly) A short film. ▸ A vertical video of any length.
   • long short
5. A short version of a garment in a particular size.
   • 38 short suits fit me right off the rack.
   • Do you have that size in a short?
6. A shortstop.
   • Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.
7. A short seller.
   • The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.
8. A short sale or short position.
   • He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.
   • The company’s stock is one of the largest shorts in the market, meaning many investors are betting it could fall even farther. 2025 August 25, Julie Creswell, “Krispy Kreme Bets on Big-Box Stores to Stay Fresh”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
9. A summary account.
   • For the short and the long is, our play is preferred. c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
10. A short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable.
    • If we compare the nearest conventional shorts and longs in English, as in ‘bit’ and ‘beat’, ‘not’ and ‘naught’, we find that the short vowels are generally wide (i, ɔ), the long narrow (i, ɔ), besides being generally diphthongic as well. 1877, Henry Sweet, A Handbook of Phonetics, page 18:
11. An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
12. (US, slang) An automobile.
    • crack shorts
    • […] list of all crimes reported by these 61 daily criminals during their years on the street is: theft (this includes shoplifting; "cracking shorts", burglary and other forms of stealing), dealing, forgery, gambling, confidence games (flim-flam, etc.) […] 1982, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice, Career Criminal Life Sentence Act of 1981: Hearings, page 87:
    • For example, one addict would crack shorts (break and enter cars) and usually obtain just enough stolen goods to buy stuff and get off just before getting sick. 1975, Mary Sanches, Ben G. Blount, Sociocultural Dimensions of Language Use, page 47:
13. (Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of short bond paper.
    alt of short bond paper

Forms

Descendants

xort · short · ショート · шорт · short

Translations (1)

fi lyhennelmä (summary account)

short en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ʃoɹt/ early 20th century General American, near-obsolete
• shôrt (General-American)
• /ʃoːt/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
• /ʃoɹt/ (General-American)
• /ʃɒt/ (Eastern-New-England)
• (General-American) audio
• /ʃɔːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ʃɔːt/ Manchester
• [ʃoɹʔ] (General-American)
• audio SSB
• /ʃɔɾt/ (Scotland)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-West Germanic *skurt Old English sċort Middle English schort English short From Middle English schort, short, from Old English sċeort, sċort (“short”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Doublet of shirt, skirt, and curt. Cognates Cognate with Scots short, schort (“short”), French court, Dutch kort, German kurz, Old High German scurz (“short”) (whence Middle High German schurz), Old Norse skorta (“to lack”) (whence Danish skorte), Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), Latin curtus (“shortened, incomplete”) and Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ. See more at shirt.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
   • You should short the poles of the capacitor to discharge it before you work on it.
2. (intransitive, of an electrical circuit) To short circuit.
3. (informal, transitive) To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.
   • This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.
   • It's hard now. The NEA, state and city budgets are messed up and it's the small artists like us that are the ones getting shorted. 1991 August 24, Maridee BonaDea, quoting Brian Freeman, “Pomo Afro Homos On The Road”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 6, page 9:
4. (transitive) 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.
5. (obsolete) To shorten.

Forms

Descendants

xxortja · شاٹ ہونا

Translations (27)

sv blanka (business: to sell something one does not own at the moment) · sv kortsluta (intransitive: to short circuit) · fi aiheuttaa oikosulku (to cause a short circuit) · fi myydä lyhyeksi (business: to sell something one does not own at the moment) · pt curto-circuitar (to cause a short circuit) · mk крати (to provide with smaller than agreed quantity) · cs zkratovat se (intransitive: to short circuit) · sv kortsluta (to cause a short circuit) · hu megrövidít (to provide with smaller than agreed quantity) · fi mennä oikosulkuun (intransitive: to short circuit) · da kortslutte (to cause a short circuit) · ru замыкать (to cause a short circuit) · et lühistama (to cause a short circuit) · pt curto-circuitar (intransitive: to short circuit) · ja 短絡する (to cause a short circuit) · de kurzschließen (to cause a short circuit) · fi oikosulkea (to cause a short circuit) · mk кине (to provide with smaller than agreed quantity) · ru закоротить (to cause a short circuit) · et lühistuma (intransitive: to short circuit) · cs zkratovat (to cause a short circuit) · fr court-circuiter (to cause a short circuit) · hu rövidre zár (intransitive: to short circuit) · ru замкнуть (to cause a short circuit) · ru закорачивать (to cause a short circuit) · mk ускратува (to provide with smaller than agreed quantity) · fi shortata (business: to sell something one does not own at the moment)