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1. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
2. the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
3. accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
4. create a short circuit in
5. cheat someone by not returning him enough money
6. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
1. try to cultivate a less brusque manner
2. a curt reply
3. the salesgirl was very short with him
7. tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
1. shortbread is a short crumbly cookie
2. a short flaky pie crust
8. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
1. short skirts
2. short hair
3. the board was a foot short
4. a short toss
9. primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
1. a short life
2. a short flight
3. a short holiday
4. a short story
5. only a few short months
10. of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
1. the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short
11. not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
1. a short sale
2. short in cotton
12. lacking foresight or scope
1. a short view of the problem
2. shortsighted policies
3. shortsighted critics derided the plan
4. myopic thinking
13. (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
1. a short memory
14. of insufficient quantity to meet a need
1. an inadequate income
2. a poor salary
3. money is short
4. on short rations
5. food is in short supply
6. short on experience
7. the jejune diets of the very poor
15. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
1. a light pound
2. a scant cup of sugar
3. regularly gives short weight
16. low in stature; not tall
1. he was short and stocky
2. short in stature
3. a short smokestack
4. a little man
17. quickly and without warning
1. he stopped suddenly
18. in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
1. he told me curtly to get on with it
2. he talked short with everyone
3. he said shortly that he didn't like it
19. at a disadvantage
1. I was caught short
20. so as to interrupt
1. She took him up short before he could continue
21. at some point or distance before a goal is reached
1. he fell short of our expectations
22. clean across
1. the car's axle snapped short
23. without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
1. he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash
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Merriam-Webster definition of short