short

Adjective

• marked by rude or peremptory shortness
  • try to cultivate a less brusque manner
    
  • a curt reply
    
  • the salesgirl was very short with him
    

• tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
  • shortbread is a short crumbly cookie
    
  • a short flaky pie crust
    

• lacking foresight or scope
  • a short view of the problem
    
  • shortsighted policies
    
  • shortsighted critics derided the plan
    
  • myopic thinking
    

• less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
  • a light pound
    
  • a scant cup of sugar
    
  • regularly gives short weight
    

• of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
  • the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short
    

• not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
  • a short sale
    
  • short in cotton
    

• (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
  • a short memory
    

• not sufficient to meet a need
  • an inadequate income
    
  • a poor salary
    
  • money is short
    
  • on short rations
    
  • food is in short supply
    
  • short on experience
    

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

• (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
  • short skirts
    
  • short hair
    
  • the board was a foot short
    
  • a short toss
    

• primarily temporal sense; 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
    

Adverb

• in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
  • he told me curtly to get on with it
    
  • he talked short with everyone
    
  • he said shortly that he didn't like it
    

• at a disadvantage
  • I was caught short
    

• so as to interrupt
  • She took him up short before he could continue
    

• at some point or distance before a goal is reached
  • he fell short of our expectations
    

• clean across
  • the car's axle snapped short
    

• without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
  • he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash
    

• quickly and without warning
  • he stopped suddenly
    

Noun

• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

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

• the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

Verb

• create a short circuit in

• cheat someone by not returning him enough money

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  brusque , brusk , curt , short(p) , shortsighted , unforesightful , myopic , light , scant(p) , unretentive , forgetful , inadequate , poor , little , curtly , shortly , unawares , abruptly , suddenly , dead , shortstop , short circuit , short-circuit , short-change
• Antonyms: 
  long , retentive , recollective , tenacious , tall