ALL meanings of sell short
sell short
S s - adjective sell short having little length; not long. 1
- adjective sell short having little height; not tall: a short man. 1
- adjective sell short extending or reaching only a little way: a short path. 1
- adjective sell short brief in duration; not extensive in time: a short wait. 1
- adjective sell short brief or concise, as writing. 1
- adjective sell short rudely brief; abrupt; hurting: short behavior. 1
- adjective sell short low in amount; scanty: short rations. 1
- adjective sell short not reaching a point, mark, target, or the like; not long enough or far enough. 1
- adjective sell short below the standard in extent, quantity, duration, etc.: short measure. 1
- adjective sell short having a scanty or insufficient amount of (often followed by in or on): He was short in experience. 1
- adjective sell short being below a necessary or desired level; lacking: The office is short due to winter colds and flu. 1
- adjective sell short Cookery. (of pastry and the like) crisp and flaky; breaking or crumbling readily from being made with a large proportion of butter or other shortening. (of dough) containing a relatively large amount of shortening. 1
- adjective sell short (of metals) deficient in tenacity; friable; brittle. 1
- adjective sell short (of the head or skull) of less than ordinary length from front to back. 1
- adjective sell short Stock Exchange. not possessing at the time of sale commodities or stocks that one sells. noting or pertaining to a sale of commodities or stocks that the seller does not possess, depending for profit on a decline in prices. 1
- adjective sell short Phonetics. lasting a relatively short time: “Bit” has a shorter vowel-sound than “bid” or “bead.”. belonging to a class of sounds considered as usually shorter in duration than another class, as the vowel of but as compared to that of bought, and in many languages serving as a distinctive feature of phonemes, as the a in German Bann in contrast with the ah in Bahn, or the t in Italian fato in contrast with the tt in fatto (opposed to long). having the sound of the English vowels in bat, bet, bit, hot, but, and put, historically descended from vowels that were short in duration. 1
- adjective sell short Prosody. (of a syllable in quantitative verse) lasting a relatively shorter time than a long syllable. unstressed (def 1). 1
- adjective sell short (of an alcoholic drink) small: a short drink. 1
- adjective sell short Chiefly British. (of whiskey) undiluted; straight. 1
- adjective sell short Ceramics. (of clay) not plastic enough to be modeled. 1
- adjective sell short Ropemaking. hard (def 39). 1
- adverb sell short abruptly or suddenly: to stop short. 1
- adverb sell short briefly; curtly. 1
- adverb sell short on the near side of an intended or particular point: The arrow landed short. 1
- adverb sell short Baseball. with the hands higher on the handle of the bat than usual: He held the bat short and flied out. in a fielding position closer to home plate than usual. 1
- noun sell short something that is short. 1
- noun sell short that which is deficient or lacking. 1
- noun sell short the sum and substance of a matter; gist (usually preceded by the). 1
- noun sell short shorts. trousers, knee-length or shorter. short pants worn by men as an undergarment. knee breeches, formerly worn by men. Finance. short-term bonds. Mining. crushed ore failing to pass through a given screen, thus being of a larger given size than a specific grade. Compare fine1 (def 28a). remnants, discards, or refuse of various cutting and manufacturing processes. 1
- noun sell short a size of garment for men who are shorter than average: He wears a 42 short. 1
- noun sell short a garment, as a suit or overcoat, in such a size. 1
- noun sell short Military. a shot that strikes or bursts short of the target. 1
- noun sell short Electricity. short circuit. 1
- noun sell short Prosody. a short sound or syllable. 1
- noun sell short Baseball. shortstop (def 1). 1
- noun sell short Movies. short subject. 1
- noun sell short Finance. short seller. 1
- noun sell short a deficiency or the amount of a deficiency. 1
- noun sell short Chiefly British. a small drink of straight whiskey; shot. 1
- verb with object sell short to cause a short circuit in. 1
- verb with object sell short to cheat by giving less than is expected or deserved; shortchange. 1
- verb without object sell short to short-circuit. 1
- idioms sell short cut short, to end abruptly; terminate: Her nap was cut short by a loud noise from outside. 1
- idioms sell short fall / come short, to fail to reach a particular standard. to prove insufficient; be lacking: Her funds fell short, and she had to wire home for help. 1
- idioms sell short for short, by way of abbreviation: Her name is Patricia, and she's called Pat for short. 1
- idioms sell short in short, in summary. in few words; in brief: In short, this has been rather a disappointing day. 1
- idioms sell short make short work of. work (def 53). 1
- idioms sell short run short, to be in insufficient supply: My patience is running short. 1
- idioms sell short sell short, Stock Exchange. to sell stocks or the like without having them in one's actual possession at the time of the sale. to disparage or underestimate: Don't sell Tom short; he's really an excellent engineer. 1
- idioms sell short short and sweet, pleasantly brief. pertinent: We're in a hurry, so make it short and sweet. 1