Shorts
/ʃɔː(ɹ)ts/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:8 pts6 letters
Definition of Shorts
noun
verb
- To cause a short circuit in (something).
- Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
- To shortchange.
- To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
"This is the third time I’ve caught them shorting us."
- To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
noun
- Trousers worn primarily in warm weather that do not go lower than the knees.
"Jessica hated covering her legs, so she usually wore shorts."
- Underwear bottoms.
"After a scare like that, I need to change my shorts."
- Remnants, clippings, trimmings of production processes.
- The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran; pollard.
- Short, inferior hemp.
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