Extending or traveling not far or not far enough: a short toss.
Lasting a brief time: a short holiday.
Appearing to pass quickly: finished the job in a few short months.
Not lengthy; succinct: short and to the point.
Rudely brief; abrupt.
Easily provoked; irascible.
Inadequate; insufficient: oil in short supply; were short on experience.
Lacking in length or amount: a board that is short two inches.
Lacking in breadth or scope: a short view of the problem.
Deficient in retentiveness: a short memory.
Not owning the stocks or commodities one is selling in anticipation of a fall in prices.
Of or relating to a short sale.
Containing a large amount of shortening; flaky: a short pie crust.
Not ductile; brittle: short iron.
Linguistics Of, relating to, or being a speech sound of relatively brief duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word mălus, "evil,” as compared with the same or a similar sound of relatively long duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word mālus, "apple tree.”
Grammar Of, relating to, or being a vowel sound in English, such as the vowel sound (ă) in pat or (o͝o) in put, that is descended from a vowel of brief duration.
Unstressed; unaccented. Used of a syllable in accentual prosody.
Being of relatively brief duration. Used of a syllable in quantitative prosody.
Slang Close to the end of a tour of military duty.
Abruptly; quickly: stop short.
In a rude or curt manner.
At a point before a given boundary, limit, or goal: a missile that landed short of the target.
At a disadvantage: We were caught short by the sudden storm.