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ALL meanings of short on

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  • idioms short on run short, to be in insufficient supply: My patience is running short. 1
  • idioms short on 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 short on short and sweet, pleasantly brief. pertinent: We're in a hurry, so make it short and sweet. 1
  • idioms short on short for, being a shorter form of; abbreviated to: “Phone” is short for “telephone.”. 1
  • idioms short on short of, less than; inferior to. inadequately supplied with (money, food, etc.). without going to the length of; failing of; excluding: Short of murder, there is nothing he wouldn't have tried to get what he wanted. 1
  • adjective short on having little length; not long. 1
  • adjective short on having little height; not tall: a short man. 1
  • adjective short on extending or reaching only a little way: a short path. 1
  • adjective short on brief in duration; not extensive in time: a short wait. 1
  • adjective short on brief or concise, as writing. 1
  • adjective short on rudely brief; abrupt; hurting: short behavior. 1
  • adjective short on low in amount; scanty: short rations. 1
  • adjective short on not reaching a point, mark, target, or the like; not long enough or far enough. 1
  • adjective short on below the standard in extent, quantity, duration, etc.: short measure. 1
  • adjective short on having a scanty or insufficient amount of (often followed by in or on): He was short in experience. 1
  • adjective short on being below a necessary or desired level; lacking: The office is short due to winter colds and flu. 1
  • adjective short on 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 short on (of metals) deficient in tenacity; friable; brittle. 1
  • adjective short on (of the head or skull) of less than ordinary length from front to back. 1
  • adjective short on 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 short on 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 short on Prosody. (of a syllable in quantitative verse) lasting a relatively shorter time than a long syllable. unstressed (def 1). 1
  • adjective short on (of an alcoholic drink) small: a short drink. 1
  • adjective short on Chiefly British. (of whiskey) undiluted; straight. 1
  • adjective short on Ceramics. (of clay) not plastic enough to be modeled. 1
  • adjective short on Ropemaking. hard (def 39). 1
  • adverb short on abruptly or suddenly: to stop short. 1
  • adverb short on briefly; curtly. 1
  • adverb short on on the near side of an intended or particular point: The arrow landed short. 1
  • adverb short on 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 short on something that is short. 1
  • noun short on that which is deficient or lacking. 1
  • noun short on the sum and substance of a matter; gist (usually preceded by the). 1
  • noun short on 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 short on a size of garment for men who are shorter than average: He wears a 42 short. 1
  • noun short on a garment, as a suit or overcoat, in such a size. 1
  • noun short on Military. a shot that strikes or bursts short of the target. 1
  • noun short on Electricity. short circuit. 1
  • noun short on Prosody. a short sound or syllable. 1
  • noun short on Baseball. shortstop (def 1). 1
  • noun short on Movies. short subject. 1
  • noun short on Finance. short seller. 1
  • noun short on a deficiency or the amount of a deficiency. 1
  • noun short on Chiefly British. a small drink of straight whiskey; shot. 1
  • verb with object short on to cause a short circuit in. 1
  • verb with object short on to cheat by giving less than is expected or deserved; shortchange. 1
  • verb without object short on to short-circuit. 1
  • idioms short on cut short, to end abruptly; terminate: Her nap was cut short by a loud noise from outside. 1
  • idioms short on 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 short on for short, by way of abbreviation: Her name is Patricia, and she's called Pat for short. 1
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