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- n the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- n accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
- n the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
- v cheat someone by not returning him enough money
- v create a short circuit in
- a 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 - a (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
short skirts
short hair
the board was a foot short
a short toss - a low in stature; not tall
he was short and stocky
short in stature
a short smokestack - s not sufficient to meet a need
money is short
on short rations
food is in short supply
short on experience - a (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
a short memory - a not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
a short sale
short in cotton - a of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short - s less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
regularly gives short weight - s lacking foresight or scope
a short view of the problem
shortsighted policies
shortsighted critics derided the plan - s 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 - s marked by rude or peremptory shortness
the salesgirl was very short with him - r quickly and without warning
- r without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash - r clean across
the car's axle snapped short - r at some point or distance before a goal is reached
he fell short of our expectations - r so as to interrupt
She took him up short before he could continue - r at a disadvantage
I was caught short - r in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
he talked short with everyone
he said shortly that he didn't like it
- PTI's top short-subject films, looking beyond feature-length movies.
- In most sports, the short man is given short shrift.