adjective.
Having little length; not long.
adjective.
Having little height; not tall.
adjective.
Extending or traveling not far or not far enough.
adjective.
undefined
adjective.
Lasting a brief time.
adjective.
Appearing to pass quickly.
adjective.
Not lengthy; succinct.
adjective.
undefined
adjective.
Rudely brief; abrupt.
adjective.
Easily provoked; irascible.
adjective.
Inadequate; insufficient.
adjective.
Lacking in length or amount.
adjective.
Lacking in breadth or scope.
adjective.
Deficient in retentiveness.
adjective.
undefined
adjective.
Holding a trading position that is inversely related to the price of a security or index.
adjective.
Of or relating to a short sale.
adjective.
undefined
adjective.
Containing a large amount of shortening; flaky.
adjective.
Not ductile; brittle.
adjective.
undefined
adjective.
Of, relating to, or being a speech sound of relatively brief duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word mălus, “evil,” as compared with the same or a similar sound of relatively long duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word mālus, “apple tree.”
adjective.
Of, relating to, or being a vowel sound in English, such as the vowel sound (ă) in pat or (oo͝) in put, that is descended from a vowel of brief duration.
adjective.
Being of relatively brief duration. Used of a syllable in quantitative prosody.
adjective.
Close to the end of a tour of military duty.
adverb.
Abruptly; quickly.
adverb.
In a rude or curt manner.
adverb.
At a point before a given boundary, limit, or goal.
adverb.
At a disadvantage.
adverb.
By means of a short sale.
noun.
Something short, as.
noun.
A short syllable, vowel, or consonant.
noun.
A brief film; a short subject.
noun.
A size of clothing less long than the average for that size.
noun.
Short trousers extending to the knee or above.
noun.
Men's undershorts.
noun.
undefined
noun.
A short sale.
noun.
One that sells short.
noun.
A byproduct of wheat processing that consists of germ, bran, and coarse meal or flour.
noun.
Clippings or trimmings that remain as byproducts in various manufacturing processes, often used to make an inferior variety of the product.
noun.
undefined
noun.
A short circuit.
noun.
A malfunction caused by a short circuit.
noun.
A shortstop.
intransitive verb.
To cause a short circuit in.
intransitive verb.
To give (one) less than one is entitled to; shortchange.
intransitive verb.
To short-sell (a security or index).
intransitive verb.
To short-circuit.
idiom.
(for short) As an abbreviation.