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Shorts

/ʃɔː(ɹ)ts/

A short circuit.

📖 Definitions of "Shorts"

noun
  1. 1

    A short circuit.

  2. 2

    A short film.

  3. 3

    A short version of a garment in a particular size.

    "38 short suits fit me right off the rack."

  4. 4

    A shortstop.

    "Jones smashes a grounder between third and short."

verb
  1. 1

    To cause a short circuit in (something).

  2. 2

    Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.

  3. 3

    To shortchange.

  4. 4

    To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.

    "This is the third time I’ve caught them shorting us."

noun
  1. 1

    Trousers worn primarily in warm weather that do not go lower than the knees.

    "Jessica hated covering her legs, so she usually wore shorts."

  2. 2

    Underwear bottoms.

    "After a scare like that, I need to change my shorts."

  3. 3

    Remnants, clippings, trimmings of production processes.

  4. 4

    The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran; pollard.

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