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1. short -- (the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed).
2. short circuit, short -- (accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference).
3. shortstop, short -- (the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between 2nd and 3rd base).

1. short-change, short -- (cheat someone by not returning him enough money).
2. short-circuit, short -- (create a short-circuit in).

1. short (vs. long) -- (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").
2. short (vs. long) -- (primarily spatial sense; having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss").
3. short (vs. tall) -- (low in stature; not tall; "his was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack").
4. inadequate, poor, short -- (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").
5. short (vs. long) -- (not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton").
6. short (vs. long) -- (of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt')).
7. short -- (containing a large amount of shortening; therefore tender and easy to crumble or break into flakes; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust").
8. light, scant(predicate), short -- (less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight").
9. short -- (used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration).
10. short -- ((of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory").
11. short, shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic -- (lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking").
12. short, unforbearing -- (unwilling to endure; "she was short with the slower students").
13. choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short, short-tempered -- (quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander").
14. short, shortest -- (most direct; "took the shortest and most direct route to town").
15. brusque, brusk, curt, short(predicate) -- (marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him").

1. abruptly, suddenly, short, dead -- (quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly").
2. short -- (without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash").
3. short -- (clean across; "the car's axle snapped short").
4. short -- (at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations").
5. short -- (so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue").
6. short, unawares -- (at a disadvantage; "I was caught short").
7. short -- (tightly; "she caught him up short on his lapel").
8. curtly, short, shortly -- (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").

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