short


Meanings

  • the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
  • accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
  • the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
  • cheat someone by not returning him enough money
  • create a short circuit in
  • primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration;
    • "a short life"
    • "a short flight"
    • "a short holiday"
    • "a short story"
    • "only a few short months"
  • (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length;
    • "short skirts"
    • "short hair"
    • "the board was a foot short"
    • "a short toss"
  • low in stature; not tall;
    • "he was short and stocky"
    • "short in stature"
    • "a short smokestack"
  • not sufficient to meet a need;
    • "money is short"
    • "on short rations"
    • "food is in short supply"
    • "short on experience"
  • (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range;
    • "a short memory"
  • not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices;
    • "a short sale"
    • "short in cotton"
  • of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration;
    • "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"
  • less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so;
    • "regularly gives short weight"
  • lacking foresight or scope;
    • "a short view of the problem"
    • "shortsighted policies"
    • "shortsighted critics derided the plan"
  • tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening;
    • "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"
    • "a short flaky pie crust"
  • marked by rude or peremptory shortness;
    • "the salesgirl was very short with him"
  • quickly and without warning;
  • without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold;
    • "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"
  • clean across;
    • "the car's axle snapped short"
  • at some point or distance before a goal is reached;
    • "he fell short of our expectations"
  • so as to interrupt;
    • "She took him up short before he could continue"
  • at a disadvantage;
    • "I was caught short"
  • in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner;
    • "he talked short with everyone"
    • "he said shortly that he didn't like it"
  • SHORT adj SHORTER, SHORTEST having little length
  • SHORT v -ED, -ING, -S to cause a type of electrical malfunction in


Scrabble Score: 8

short is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

short is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

short is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 7

short is a valid Words With Friends word