short

1. Appearing to pass quickly: finished the job in a few short months.

2. Being of relatively brief duration. Used of a syllable in quantitative prosody.

3. Containing a large amount of shortening; flaky: a short pie crust.

4. Deficient in retentiveness: a short memory.

5. Easily provoked; irascible.

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1. Abruptly; quickly: stop short.

2. At a disadvantage: We were caught short by the sudden storm.

3. At a point before a given boundary, limit, or goal: a missile that landed short of the target.

4. In a rude or curt manner.

5. Without owning what one is selling: selling a commodity short.

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1. In short In summary; briefly.

2. Short for An abbreviation of: Ed is short for Edward.

3. Short of Less than: Nothing short of her best effort was required to make the team.

4. Short of Not quite willing to undertake or do; just this side of: She stopped short of throwing out the old photo.

5. Short of Other than; without resorting to: Short of yelling at him, I had no other way to catch his attention.

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1. A brief film; a short subject.

2. A byproduct of wheat processing that consists of germ, bran, and coarse meal or flour.

3. A malfunction caused by a short circuit.

4. A short circuit.

5. A short sale.

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1. To sell (a security) short in expectation of a fall in prices.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
short	8	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ho	5
oh	5
or	2
os	2
so	2
sh	5
to	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
hot	6
sot	3
soh	6
sho	6
tho	6
rot	3
rho	6
tor	3
ort	3
ors	3
ohs	6

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
thro	7
tors	4
tosh	7
soth	7
sort	4
shot	7
rots	4
rhos	7
orts	4
hots	7
host	7

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
short	8
horst	8