1.
Having little length; not long.
2.
Having little height; not tall.
3.
Extending not far or not far enough: a short toss.
4.
a. Lasting a brief time: a short holiday. b. Appearing to pass quickly: finished the job in a few short months.
5. Not lengthy; succinct: short and to the point.
6. a. Rudely brief; abrupt. b. Easily provoked; irascible.
7. Inadequate; insufficient: oil in short supply; were short on experience.
8. Lacking in length or amount: a board that is short two inches.
9. Lacking in breadth or scope: a short view of the problem.
10. Deficient in retentiveness: a short memory.
11. a. Not owning the stocks or commodities one is selling in anticipation of a fall in prices. b. Of or relating to a short sale.
12. a. Containing a large amount of shortening; flaky: a short pie crust. b. Not ductile; brittle: short iron.
13. a. Linguistics. 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." b. Grammar. Of, relating to, or being a pronunciation of vowel sounds, as the pronunciation (ă) in pat, (ĕ) in pet, (ĭ) in pit, (ŏ) in pot, (ŭ) in putt, and () in put. c. Historically descended from a vowel of brief duration.
14. a. Unstressed; unaccented. Used of a syllable in accentual prosody. b. Being of relatively brief duration. Used of a syllable in quantitative prosody.
15. Slang. Close to the end of a tour of military duty.
1.
Something short, as: a. Linguistics. A briefly articulated speech sound or syllable. b. A brief film; a short subject. c. A size of clothing less long than the average for that size. d. shorts Short trousers extending to the knee or above. e. shorts Men's undershorts.
2.
a. A short sale. b. One that sells short.
3. shorts A byproduct of wheat processing that consists of germ bran and coarse meal or flour.
4. shorts Clippings or trimmings that remain as byproducts in various manufacturing processes, often used to make an inferior variety of the product.
5. a. A short circuit. b. A malfunction caused by a short circuit.
6. Baseball. A shortstop.
To short-circuit.
In summary; briefly.
The worst side of an unequal deal.