Definition of short

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• short is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
• short is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
• short is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7

Definition of short

• of insufficient quantity to meet a need (adjective)

  Examples

  1. money is short
  2. on short rations
  3. food is in short supply
  4. short on experience

  Synonyms

  1. inadequate
  2. jejune
  3. poor
• cheat someone by not returning him enough money (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. short-change
• at a disadvantage (adverb)

  Examples

  1. I was caught short

  Synonyms

  1. unawares
• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. shortstop
• marked by rude or peremptory shortness (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the salesgirl was very short with him

  Synonyms

  1. brusk
  2. brusque
  3. curt
• low in stature; not tall (adjective)

  Examples

  1. he was short and stocky
  2. short in stature
  3. a short smokestack

  Synonyms

  1. little
• accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. short circuit
• create a short circuit in (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. short-circuit
• quickly and without warning (adverb)

  Synonyms

  1. abruptly
  2. dead
  3. suddenly
• less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so (adjective)

  Examples

  1. regularly gives short weight

  Synonyms

  1. light
  2. scant
• (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a short memory

  Synonyms

  1. forgetful
  2. unretentive
• lacking foresight or scope (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a short view of the problem
  2. shortsighted policies
  3. shortsighted critics derided the plan

  Synonyms

  1. myopic
  2. shortsighted
  3. unforesightful
• in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner (adverb)

  Examples

  1. he talked short with everyone
  2. he said shortly that he didn't like it

  Synonyms

  1. curtly
  2. shortly
• not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a short sale
  2. short in cotton
• of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short
• (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length (adjective)

  Examples

  1. short skirts
  2. short hair
  3. the board was a foot short
  4. a short toss
• primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a short life
  2. a short flight
  3. a short holiday
  4. a short story
  5. only a few short months
• tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening (adjective)

  Examples

  1. shortbread is a short crumbly cookie
  2. a short flaky pie crust
• the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed (noun)
• without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold (adverb)

  Examples

  1. he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash

See definition of short in Merriam Webster