Definitions For Short

noun

• Underpants worn by men
• (used in the plural) trousers that end at or above the knee
• The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
• 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
• To or at a point that is not as far as expected or desired : to a point not reaching what is needed for something
• In a sudden manner
• For or during a short time
• Pants that end at or above the knees
• A short movie
• A small amount of liquor that you drink quickly

verb

• Create a short circuit in
• Cheat someone by not returning him enough money
• To cause (something) to have a short circuit
• To stop working because of a short circuit

adjective

• Marked by rude or peremptory shortness
• Tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
• Lacking foresight or scope
• Of insufficient quantity to meet a need
• Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

adjective

• (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
• Primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
• Of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
• Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
• (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
• Low in stature; not tall

adverb

• Quickly and without warning
• In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
• At a disadvantage
• So as to interrupt
• At some point or distance before a goal is reached
• Clean across
• Without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold