American Dictionary
Definition short in American English
short verb
verb
/ʃɔrt/
1
to short-circuit, or to make something do this
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2
to give someone less of something than they expect or should get
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Words related to short:
a leash (phrase)
short notice (phrase)
be caught short (phrase)
cut someone short (phrase)
cut something short (phrase)
the short straw (phrase)
fall short (phrase)
go short (of something) (phrase)
have a short (phrase)
in short (phrase)
in short order (phrase)
in supply (phrase)
in the short (phrase)
a short space of time (phrase)
life’s too short (phrase)
odds (phrase)
make work of someone (phrase)
make work of something (phrase)
short of something (phrase)
run short (of something) (phrase)
sell someone short (phrase)
short (adjective)
short (adverb)
short (noun)
short (verb)
short and sweet (phrase)
short circuit (noun)
short eats (noun)
short form (noun)
short list (noun)
short money (noun)
short of breath (phrase)
short of something (phrase)
short sharp shock (noun)
short story (noun)
short time (noun)
short wave (noun)
short-circuit (verb)
short-form (adjective)
short-handed (adjective)
short-haul (adjective)
short-list (verb)
short-lived (adjective)
short-order cook (noun)
short-range (adjective)
short-selling (noun)
short-shorts (noun)
short-sighted (adjective)
short-staffed (adjective)
short-tempered (adjective)
short-term (adjective)
short-term memory (noun)
short-winded (adjective)
stop (phrase)
stop short (phrase)
stop short of (doing) something (phrase)
the long and the short of it (phrase)
to a long story short (phrase)