Scrabble?! SHORT

Definitions of SHORT in various dictionaries:

noun - the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

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

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

verb - cheat someone by not returning him enough money

verb - create a short circuit in

adj - primarily temporal sense

adj - (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length

adj - low in stature

adj - not sufficient to meet a need

adj - (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

adj - not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices

adj - of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration

adj - less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

adj - lacking foresight or scope

adj - tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening

adj - marked by rude or peremptory shortness

adv - quickly and without warning

adv - without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

adv - clean across

adv - at some point or distance before a goal is reached

adv - so as to interrupt

adv - at a disadvantage

adv - in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

Having little length; not long.

Having little height; not tall.

Extending not far or not far enough: a short toss.

Lasting a brief time: a short holiday.

Appearing to pass quickly: finished the job in a few short months.

Not lengthy; succinct: short and to the point.

Rudely brief; abrupt.

Easily provoked; irascible.

Inadequate; insufficient: oil in short supply; were short on experience.

Lacking in length or amount: a board that is short two inches.

Lacking in breadth or scope: a short view of the problem.

Deficient in retentiveness: a short memory.

Not owning the stocks or commodities one is selling in anticipation of a fall in prices.

Of or relating to a short sale.

Containing a large amount of shortening; flaky: a short pie crust.

Not ductile; brittle: short iron.

Of, relating to, or being a speech sound of relatively brief duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word m4lus, “evil,” as compared with the same or a similar sound of relatively long duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word m7lus, “apple tree.

Of, relating to, or being a pronunciation of vowel sounds, as the pronunciation (4) in pat, (H) in pet, (V) in pit, (m) in pot, () in putt, and (t) in put.

Historically descended from a vowel of brief duration.

Unstressed; unaccented.

Being of relatively brief duration.

Slang.

Abruptly; quickly: stop short.

In a rude or curt manner.

At a point before a given limit or goal: a missile that landed short of the target.

At a disadvantage: We were caught short by the sudden storm.

Without owning what one is selling: selling a commodity short.

A briefly articulated speech sound or syllable.

A brief film; a short subject.

A size of clothing less long than the average for that size.

A short sale.

One that sells short.

A short circuit.

A malfunction caused by a short circuit.

A shortstop.

To cause a short circuit in.

To give (one) less than one is entitled to; shortchange.

To sell (a stock that one does not own) in anticipation of making a profit when its price falls; make a short sale.

To short-circuit.

Having an inadequate supply of: We’re short of cash.

Less than: Nothing short of her best effort was required to make the team.

Other than; without resorting to: Short of yelling at him, I had no other way to catch his attention.

Not quite willing to undertake or do; just this side of: She stopped short of throwing out the old photo.

adj - having little length

verb - to cause a type of electrical malfunction in