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Commonshort
The correct spelling is short.
How to pronounce short
/ʃoːt/
nounIPA: /ʃoːt/
Say it like: Sho-rt
The correct spelling is short. A short circuit. For example: "38 short suits fit me right off the rack."
Usage Examples
“38 short suits fit me right off the rack.”
“Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.”
“The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A short circuit.
- 2.A short film.
- 3.A short version of a garment in a particular size.
- 4.A shortstop.
- 5.A short seller.
verb
- 1.To cause a short circuit in (something).
- 2.Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
- 3.To shortchange.
- 4.To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
- 5.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.
adjective
- 1.Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- 2.(of a person) Of comparatively small height.
- 3.Having little duration.
- 4.(followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
- 5.(of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.
adverb
- 1.Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
- 2.Unawares.
- 3.Without achieving a goal or requirement.
- 4.(of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
- 5.With a negative ownership position.
preposition
- 1.Deficient in.
- 2.Having a negative position in.
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