Word Finder - short

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A short circuit.

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A short film.

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A short version of a garment in a particular size.

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38 short suits fit me right off the rack.

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A shortstop.

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Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.

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A short seller.

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The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.

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A short sale.

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He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.

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A summary account.

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A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

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An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.

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An automobile; especially in crack shorts, to break into automobiles.

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To cause a short circuit in (something).

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Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.

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To shortchange.

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To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.

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This is the third time I’ve caught them shorting us.

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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.

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To shorten.

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Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.

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(of a person) Of comparatively small height.

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Having little duration.

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Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it’s been at least twenty minutes long.

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(followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).

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“Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".

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(of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.

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(of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.

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(of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.

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(of pastries) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of a large quantity of fat. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening.)

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Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.

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He gave a short answer to the question.

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Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.

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a short supply of provisions

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Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.

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I'd lend you the cash but I'm a little short at present.

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Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.

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an account which is short of the truth

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Undiluted; neat.

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Not distant in time; near at hand.

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Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.

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I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.

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Abruptly, curtly, briefly.

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He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.

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Unawares.

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The recent developments at work caught them short.

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Without achieving a goal or requirement.

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His speech fell short of what was expected.

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(of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.

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With a negative ownership position.

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We went short most finance companies in July.

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Deficient in.

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He's short common sense.

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Having a negative position in.

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I don’t want to be short the market going into the weekend.