elmo

Phonetic: "/ʃoːt/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A short circuit.

Definition: A short film.

Definition: A short version of a garment in a particular size.

Example: 38 short suits fit me right off the rack.

Definition: A shortstop.

Example: Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.

Definition: A short seller.

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

Definition: A short sale.

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

Definition: A summary account.

Definition: A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

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

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

Phonetic: "/ʃoːt/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To cause a short circuit in (something).

Definition: Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.

Definition: To shortchange.

Definition: To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.

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

Definition: 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.

Definition: To shorten.

Phonetic: "/ʃoːt/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

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

Definition: (of a person) Of comparatively small height.

Definition: Having little duration.

Example: Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it’s been at least twenty minutes long.

Definition: (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).

Example: “Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".

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

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

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

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

Definition: Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.

Example: He gave a short answer to the question.

Definition: Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.

Example: a short supply of provisions

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

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

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

Example: an account which is short of the truth

Definition: Undiluted; neat.

Definition: Not distant in time; near at hand.

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

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

Phonetic: "/ʃoːt/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: Abruptly, curtly, briefly.

Example: He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.

Definition: Unawares.

Example: The recent developments at work caught them short.

Definition: Without achieving a goal or requirement.

Example: His speech fell short of what was expected.

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

Definition: With a negative ownership position.

Example: We went short most finance companies in July.

Phonetic: "/ʃoːt/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Deficient in.

Example: He's short common sense.

Definition: Having a negative position in.

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

Phonetic: "/ˈpɜːsən/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: An individual; usually a human being.

Example: Each person is unique, both mentally and physically.

Definition: The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.

Definition: Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.

Example: At common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person.

Definition: The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.

Definition: (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he or she is speaking. See grammatical person.

Definition: A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals.

Phonetic: "/ˈpɜːsən/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.

Definition: (gender-neutral) To man.