Short
Short is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 8 points
- Letters
- 5
- Syllables
- 1
- How common
- Very common
Meaning of short
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nounThe location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed.
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nounAccidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference.
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nounThe fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base.
Similar: shortstop
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verbCheat someone by not returning him enough money.
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verbCreate a short circuit in.
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adjectivePrimarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration.
“a short life”
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adjective(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length.
“short skirts”
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adjectiveLow in stature; not tall.
“he was short and stocky”
Similar: little
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adverbQuickly and without warning.
“he stopped suddenly”
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adverbWithout possessing something at the time it is contractually sold.
“he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash”
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adverbClean across.
“the car's axle snapped short”
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of short
Words inside short
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- shot7
- sort4
- host7
- hots7
- rhos7
- rots4
- soth7
- thro7
- tors4
- tosh7
- orts4
- hot6
- tho6
- rot3
- tor3
- ohs6
- ors3
- ort3
- rho6
- sot3
Words that rhyme with short
- court
- sort
- fort
- port
- sport
- mort
- quart
- snort
- thwart
- tort
- bort
- ort
- swart
- torte
- wart
- boart
- report
- support
- escort
- import
- resort
- transport
- abort
- consort
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