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short: {{11}}short (adj.) O.E. sceort, scort, probably from P.Gmc. *skurta- (Cf. O.N. skorta "to be short of," skort "shortness;" O.H.G. scurz "short"), from PIE root *sker- "to cut," with notion of "something cut off" (Cf. Skt. krdhuh "shortened, maimed, small;" L. curtus "short," cordus "late-born," originally "stunted in growth;" O.C.S. kratuku, Rus. korotkij "short;" Lith. skurstu "to be stunted," skardus "steep;" O.Ir. cert "small," M.Ir. corr "stunted, dwarfish"). Meaning "rude" is attested from late 14c. To fall short is from archery. Short fuse in fig. sense of "quick temper" first attested 1968. Short story first recorded 1877. To make short work of is first attested 1570s. Phrase short and sweet is from 1530s.

{{12}}short (n.) Meaning "electrical short circuit" first recorded 1854 (the verbal phrase short circuit is recorded from 1867). Slang meaning "car" is attested from 1897; originally "street car," so called based on street cars (or the rides taken in them) being "shorter" than railroad cars.

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Brief / Near, direct, straight / Compendious, succinct, concise, condensed, terse, pithy, sententious, laconic, curt, brief / Abrupt, sharp, pointed, petulant, curt, brief, severe, uncivil / Deficient, defective, inadequate, scanty, insufficient, imperfect / Narrow, limited, contracted / Lacking, wanting, destitute / Brittle, friable, crumbling / Crisp, Suddenly, abruptly, at once

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Short — Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear extension; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Short — Short, n. 1. A summary account. [1913 Webster] The short and the long is, our play is preferred. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran. [1913 Webster] The first remove above bran is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Short — Short, adv. In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one s course; to turn short. [1913 Webster] He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language. Howell. [1913 Webster] {To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Short — Short, v. t. [AS. sceortian.] To shorten. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Short — Short, v. i. To fail; to decrease. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Short C-23 — Shorts C 23 Sherpa, die militärische Variante der Shorts 330 Die Short 330 (auch Shorts 330) ist ein Kurzstrecken Passagier und Frachtflugzeug des ehemaligen britischen Flugzeugherstellers Short Brothers. Inhaltsverzeichnis … Deutsch Wikipedia

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