short

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• short-changecheat someone by not returning him enough money ; deprive of by deceit

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• short-circuithamper the progress of; create a short circuit in ; avoid something unpleasant or laborious

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• short circuitaccidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

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• shortstop(baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position ; the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

• "he stopped suddenly"

Synonyms

• abruptlyquickly and without warning
• suddenlyhappening unexpectedly; quickly and without warning; on impulse
• deadquickly and without warning; completely and without qualification; people who are no longer living; a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; very tired; unerringly accurate; physically inactive; (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; devoid of physical sensation; lacking acoustic resonance; not yielding a return; not circulating or flowing; not surviving in active use; lacking resilience or bounce; out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown; no longer having force or relevance; the complete stoppage of an action; drained of electric charge; devoid of activity

• "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"

• "the car's axle snapped short"

• "he fell short of our expectations"

• "She took him up short before he could continue"

• "I was caught short"

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• unawareswithout forethought or plan; suddenly and unexpectedly; at a disadvantage

• "he told me curtly to get on with it"
• "he talked short with everyone"
• "he said shortly that he didn't like it"

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• curtlyin a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
• shortlyfor a short time; in the near future; in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; in a concise manner; at a short distance

• "indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration"
• "a short life"
• "a short flight"
• "a short holiday"
• "a short story"
• "only a few short months"

• "short skirts"
• "short hair"
• "the board was a foot short"
• "a short toss"

• "not tall"
• "he was short and stocky"
• "short in stature"
• "a short smokestack"
• "a little man"

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• littlenot much; a small amount or duration; limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; (of children and animals) young, immature; (informal) small and of little importance; (of a voice) faint; low in stature; lowercase; small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)

• "an inadequate income"
• "a poor salary"
• "money is short"
• "on short rations"
• "food is in short supply"
• "short on experience"
• "the jejune diets of the very poor"

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• inadequatelacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; of insufficient quantity to meet a need
• poorpeople without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); deserving or inciting pity; having little money or few possessions; characterized by or indicating poverty; lacking in quality or substances; of insufficient quantity to meet a need
• jejuneof insufficient quantity to meet a need; displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; lacking interest or significance or impact

• "a short memory"

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• unretentive(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
• forgetful(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; not mindful or attentive; failing to keep in mind

• "a short sale"
• "short in cotton"

• "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"

• "a light pound"
• "a scant cup of sugar"
• "regularly gives short weight"

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• lightwith few burdens; make lighter or brighter; begin to smoke; to come to rest, settle; cause to start burning; fall to somebody by assignment or lot; alight from (a horse) ; start or maintain a fire in; (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; any device serving as a source of illumination; a particular perspective or aspect of a situation; the quality of being luminous; an illuminated area; a condition of spiritual awareness; the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; a person regarded very fondly; having abundant light or illumination; mental understanding as an enlightening experience; merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; public awareness; a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul ; a visual warning signal; a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; of comparatively little physical weight or density; (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent; of the military or industry; not great in degree or quantity or number; psychologically light; characterized by or emitting light; (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress; easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency; (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; moving easily and quickly; demanding little effort; of little intensity or power or force; (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average; weak and likely to lose consciousness; very thin and insubstantial; marked by temperance in indulgence; less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; having little importance; intended primarily as entertainment; silly or trivial; designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight; having relatively few calories; (of sleep) easily disturbed; casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
• scant(p)

• "a short view of the problem"
• "shortsighted policies"
• "shortsighted critics derided the plan"
• "myopic thinking"

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• shortsightedlacking foresight or scope; unable to see distant objects clearly ; not given careful consideration
• unforesightfullacking foresight or scope
• myopicunable to see distant objects clearly ; lacking foresight or scope

• "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"
• "a short flaky pie crust"

• "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"
• "a curt reply"
• "the salesgirl was very short with him"

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• brusquemarked by rude or peremptory shortness
• bruskmarked by rude or peremptory shortness
• curtmarked by rude or peremptory shortness; brief and to the point
• short(p)