adjective

(1) Primarily temporal sense,indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration,primarily spatial sense,having little length or lacking in length,low in stature,not tall,not sufficient to meet a need,not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices,of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt'),containing a large amount of shortening,therefore tender and easy to crumble or break into flakes,less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so,used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration 1,(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range,lacking foresight or scope,unwilling to endure,quickly aroused to anger,most direct,marked by rude or peremptory shortness,abridged,insufficient,abrupt,discourteous,crumbly

(2) Primarily temporal sense

(3) Indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

(4) Primarily spatial sense

(5) Having little length or lacking in length

(6) Low in stature

(7) Not tall

(8) Not sufficient to meet a need

(9) Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices

(10) Of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `pat'

(11) `pet'

(12) `pit'

(13) `pot'

(14) putt')

(15) Containing a large amount of shortening

(16) Therefore tender and easy to crumble or break into flakes

(17) Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

(18) Used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration 1

(19) (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

(20) Lacking foresight or scope

(21) Unwilling to endure

(22) Quickly aroused to anger

(23) Most direct

(24) Marked by rude or peremptory shortness

(25) Abridged

(26) Insufficient

(27) Abrupt

(28) Discourteous

(29) Crumbly

noun

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

(2) The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

(3) Accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

(4) The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between 2nd and 3rd base

adverb

(1) Quickly and without warning,without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold,clean across,at some point or distance before a goal is reached,so as to interrupt,at a disadvantage,tightly,in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner,abruptly

(2) Quickly and without warning

(3) Without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

(4) Clean across

(5) At some point or distance before a goal is reached

(6) So as to interrupt

(7) At a disadvantage

(8) Tightly

(9) In a curt

(10) abrupt and discourteous manner

(11) Abruptly

verb

(1) Cheat someone by not returning him enough money,create a short-circuit in

(2) Cheat someone by not returning him enough money

(3) Create a short-circuit in