Shortname

• 1

  A surname.

  • Tigers manager A.J. Hinch had just inserted Zack Short to pinch-hit for Akil Baddoo, the type of chess-match move Hinch is making more than ever this season.
• 2

  An unincorporated community in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States.

• 3

  A census-designated place in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States.

shortadj/ʃɔːt/

• 1

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

• 2

  Of a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.

  • Nhung Ngo had the shortest legs at Site-43. She was the shortest member of staff, two inches beneath the positively elfin Delfina Ibanez, and yet Lillian found her inexplicably difficult to shake. Power-walking down the halls didn't do the trick, as it always did when Wettle-dodging, since the diminutive headshrink kept disappearing into commissaries or service corridors or even other people's offices and emerging, smiling, in front of her.
• 3

  Having little duration.

  • Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it’s been at least twenty minutes long.
  • The results of this generalized speedup of the corporate metabolism are multiple: shorter product life cycles, more leasing and renting, more frequent buying and selling, more ephemeral consumption patterns, […]
• 4

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

  • "Phone" is short for "telephone" and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".
• 5

  ball-gamescricketgamesOf a fielder or fielding position, that is relatively close to the batsman.

• 6

  ball-gamescricketgamesOf a ball, bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.

• 7

  golfhobbieslifestyleOf an approach shot or putt, that falls short of the green or the hole.

• 8

  gamblinggamesOf betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.

shortadv/ʃɔːt/

• 1

  Abruptly, curtly, briefly.

  • They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.
  • He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.
• 2

  Unawares.

  • The recent developments at work caught them short.
  • We were caught short by the sudden hailstorm.
• 3

  Without achieving a goal or requirement.

  • His speech fell short of what was expected.
• 4

  ball-gamescricketgamesRelatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.

• 5

  businessfinanceWith a negative ownership position.

  • We went short most finance companies in July.

shortnoun/ʃɔːt/

• 1

  A short circuit.

  • The circuit breaker keeps tripping because there's a short in the wiring.
• 2

  A short film.

  • Preceded by a Simpsons short shot in 3-D—perhaps the only thing more superfluous than a fourth Ice Age movie—Ice Age: Continental Drift finds a retinue of vaguely contemporaneous animals coping with life in the post-Pangaea age.
• 3

  A short film.

• 4

  A short film.

  • long short
• 5

  A short version of a garment in a particular size.

  • 38 short suits fit me right off the rack.
  • Do you have that size in a short?
• 6

  ball-gamesbaseballgamesA shortstop.

  • Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.
• 7

  businessfinanceA short seller.

  • The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.
• 8

  businessfinanceA short sale or short position.

  • He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.
  • The company’s stock is one of the largest shorts in the market, meaning many investors are betting it could fall even farther.

shortverb/ʃɔːt/

• 1

  To cause a short circuit in (something).

  • You should short the poles of the capacitor to discharge it before you work on it.
• 2

  To short circuit.

• 3

  informalTo provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.

  • This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.
  • It's hard now. The NEA, state and city budgets are messed up and it's the small artists like us that are the ones getting shorted.
• 4

  businessTo 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.

• 5

  obsoleteTo shorten.

shortprep/ʃɔːt/

• 1

  Deficient in.

  • We are short a few men on the second shift.
  • He's short common sense.
• 2

  businessfinanceHaving a negative position in.

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

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• short bond paper