Definition of "short"
- adjective
Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
Of comparatively little height.
Having little duration; opposite of long.
Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
That bounced relatively far from the batsman.
Relatively close to the batsman.
Brittle (of pastry); see also shortening, shortcrust.
Missing, deficient.
Any financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
- adverb
Abruptly.
Unawares.
Briefly.
Curtly.
Without achieving a goal or requirement.
Of a cricket ball, to bounce relatively far from the batsman so that it bounces higher than normal; opposite of full.
With a negative ownership position.
- noun
A short circuit.
A short film.
Used to indicate a short-length version of a size.
Shortstop.
A short seller.
A short sale.
- verb
To cause a short circuit in (something).
Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
To shortchange.
To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
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.
- preposition
Deficient in.
Having a negative position in.
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