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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Synonyms:

Brief / Near, direct, straight / Compendious, succinct, concise, condensed, terse, pithy, sententious, laconic, curt, brief / Abrupt, sharp, pointed, petulant, curt, brief, severe, uncivil / Deficient, defective, inadequate, scanty, insufficient, imperfect / Narrow, limited, contracted / Lacking, wanting, destitute / Brittle, friable, crumbling / Crisp, Suddenly, abruptly, at once

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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
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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
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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

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