short

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

Of a person, living being, or object, having a 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."

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, bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.

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

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

Of pastries or of materials, brittle, crumbly.

"shortbread"

Abrupt, brief, pointed, curt.

"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.

"to be short of money"

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.

"short position"

Doubtful of, skeptical of.

Of money, given in the fewest possible notes, i.e. those of the largest denomination.

Abruptly, curtly, briefly.

"They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street."

Unawares.

"The recent developments at work caught them short."

Without achieving a goal or requirement.

"His speech fell short of what was expected."

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."

A short circuit.

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

A short film. A short-form vertical video. A vertical video of any length.

"long short"

A short-form vertical video.

A vertical video of any length.

"long short"

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 or short position.

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

A summary account.

A short phone (such as a vowel) or syllable.

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

An automobile.

"crack shorts"

Ellipsis of short bond paper.

To cause a short circuit in (something).

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

To short circuit.

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

"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.

Deficient in.

"We are short a few men on the second shift."

Having a negative position in.

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