Meaning

• A short circuit.

• A short film.

• A short version of a garment in a particular size.

  "38 short suits fit me right off the rack."

• A shortstop.

  "Jones smashes a grounder between third and short."

• A short seller.

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

• A short sale.

  "He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months."

• A summary account.

• A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

• An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.

• An automobile; especially in crack shorts, to break into automobiles.

Meaning

• 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.

  "This is the third time I’ve caught them shorting us."

• 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.

• To shorten.

Meaning

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

• (of a person) Of comparatively small height.

• 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."

• (followed by for) 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"."

• (of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.

• (of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.

• (of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.

• (of pastries) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of a large quantity of fat. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening.)

• Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.

  "He gave a short answer to the question."

• Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.

  "a short supply of provisions"

• Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.

  "I'd lend you the cash but I'm a little short at present."

• Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.

  "an account which is short of the truth"

• Undiluted; neat.

• Not distant in time; near at hand.

• Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.

  "I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging."

Meaning

• Abruptly, curtly, briefly.

  "He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting."

• Unawares.

  "The recent developments at work caught them short."

• Without achieving a goal or requirement.

  "His speech fell short of what was expected."

• (of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.

• With a negative ownership position.

  "We went short most finance companies in July."

Meaning

• Deficient in.

  "He's short common sense."

• Having a negative position in.

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