Hyphenation of shorts

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shorts

Definitions of shorts:

1.
Trousers that end at or above the knee
2.
Underpants worn by men
3.
Cheat someone by not returning him enough money
4.
Create a short circuit in
5.
Primarily temporal sense
Indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration A short life A short flight A short holiday A short story Only a few short months
6.
(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
Short skirts Short hair The board was a foot short A short toss
7.
Low in stature
Not tall He was short and stocky Short in stature A short smokestack A little man
8.
Not sufficient to meet a need
An inadequate income A poor salary Money is short On short rations Food is in short supply Short on experience
9.
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
A short memory
10.
Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
A short sale Short in cotton
11.
Of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
The English vowel sounds in `pat'
12.
`pet'
13.
`pit'
14.
`pot'
15.
Putt' are short
16.
Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
A light pound A scant cup of sugar Regularly gives short weight
17.
Lacking foresight or scope
A short view of the problem Shortsighted policies Shortsighted critics derided the plan Myopic thinking
18.
Tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
Shortbread is a short crumbly cookie A short flaky pie crust
19.
Marked by rude or peremptory shortness
Try to cultivate a less brusque manner A curt reply The salesgirl was very short with him
20.
Quickly and without warning
He stopped suddenly
21.
Without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
He made his fortune by selling short just before the crash
22.
Clean across
The car's axle snapped short
23.
At some point or distance before a goal is reached
He fell short of our expectations
24.
So as to interrupt
She took him up short before he could continue
25.
At a disadvantage
I was caught short
26.
In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
He told me curtly to get on with it He talked short with everyone He said shortly that he didn't like it

Synonyms of shorts:

nounshort pants, trunks, trousers, pants
noun drawers, underdrawers, boxers, boxershorts, underpants
noun short, tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
nounshort circuit, short, contact, tangency
noun shortstop, short, position

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