short

short
short ADJECTIVE 1) of a small length or duration. 2) relatively small in extent. 3) (of a person) small in height. 4) (short of/on) not having enough of. 5) in insufficient supply. 6) (of a person) terse; uncivil. 7) (of a ball in sport) travelling only a small distance, or not far enough. 8) (of odds or a chance) reflecting or representing a high level of probability. 9) Phonetics (of a vowel) categorized as short with regard to quality and length (e.g. in standard British English the vowel sound in good). 10) (of pastry) containing a high proportion of fat to flour and therefore crumbly.
ADVERB (in sport) at, to, or over a short distance, or not as far as the point aimed at.
NOUN 1) Brit. informal a strong alcoholic drink, especially spirits, served in small measures. 2) a short film as opposed to a feature film. 3) a short circuit.
VERB short-circuit.
be caught short — Cf. ↑be caught short
bring (or pull) up short — Cf. ↑pull up short
for short — Cf. ↑for short
get (or have) by the short and curlies — Cf. ↑have by the short and curlies
go short — Cf. ↑go short
in short — Cf. ↑in short
in the short run (or term) — Cf. ↑in the short term
in short supply — Cf. ↑in short supply
make short work of — Cf. ↑make short work of
short for — Cf. ↑short for
short of — Cf. ↑short of
stop short — Cf. ↑stop short
DERIVATIVES shortish adjective shortness noun.
ORIGIN Old English, related to SHIRT(Cf. ↑shirted), SKIRT(Cf. ↑skirt).

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  • Short — Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear extension; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Short — may refer to: * Short (surname) * Holly Short, a fictional character from the Artemis Fowl series * Short circuit, an accidental connection between two nodes of an electrical circuit * Short (finance), stock trading status * Short film, a cinema… …   Wikipedia

  • Short — Short, n. 1. A summary account. [1913 Webster] The short and the long is, our play is preferred. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran. [1913 Webster] The first remove above bran is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Short — Short, adv. In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one s course; to turn short. [1913 Webster] He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language. Howell. [1913 Webster] {To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Short — Short, v. t. [AS. sceortian.] To shorten. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Short — Short, v. i. To fail; to decrease. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • short — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceort; akin to Old High German scurz short, Old Norse skortr lack Date: before 12th century 1. a. having little length b. not tall or high ; low 2. a. not extended in time …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • short — See: CAUGHT SHORT, FALL SHORT, FOR SHORT, IN BRIEF or IN SHORT, IN SHORT ORDER, IN SHORT SUPPLY, MAKE SHORT WORK OF, RUN SHORT, SELL SHORT, THE LONG AND THE SHORT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • short — See: CAUGHT SHORT, FALL SHORT, FOR SHORT, IN BRIEF or IN SHORT, IN SHORT ORDER, IN SHORT SUPPLY, MAKE SHORT WORK OF, RUN SHORT, SELL SHORT, THE LONG AND THE SHORT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Short SB.1 — infobox Aircraft name=SB.1 type=Experimental glider manufacturer=Short Brothers caption=Short SB.1 during landing c.1951 designer=David Keith Lucas first flight=14 July 1951 introduced= retired= status=Company experimental project primary user=… …   Wikipedia

  • Short S.26 — infobox Aircraft name = G Class type = Transport Flying Boat manufacturer = Short Brothers caption = designer = first flight = 21 July 1939 introduced = retired = status = primary user = Royal Air Force more users = Imperial Airways/BOAC produced …   Wikipedia

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