How to pronounce “short”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
• (of a person) Of comparatively small height.
• Having little duration.
• (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
• (cricket, of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.
• (cricket, of a ball) bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
• (golf, of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.
• (gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
• (baking, of pastries; metallurgy) Brittle, crumbly. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening, hot short, cold-short.)
• Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; curt.
• Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
• Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
• Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
• (colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
• (obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
• (finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
• (by extension) Doubtful of, skeptical of.
• (finance, dated) Of money: given in the fewest possible notes, i.e. those of the largest denomination.
• [Adverb]
• Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
• Unawares.
• Without achieving a goal or requirement.
• (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
• (finance) With a negative ownership position.
• [Noun]
• A short circuit.
• A short film.
• A short version of a garment in a particular size.
• (baseball) A shortstop.
• (finance) A short seller.
• (finance) A short sale or short position.
• A summary account.
• (phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
• (programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
• (US, slang) An automobile; especially in crack shorts (“to break into automobiles”).
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
• (intransitive, of an electrical circuit) To short circuit.
• (transitive, informal) To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.
• (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
• (obsolete) To shorten.
• [Preposition]
• Deficient in.
• (finance) Having a negative position in.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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