short

marked by rude or peremptory shortness

try to cultivate a less brusque manner

a curt reply

tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening

shortbread is a short crumbly cookie

a short flaky pie crust

(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length

short skirts

short hair

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

a short life

a short flight

of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration

the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short

not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices

a short sale

short in cotton

lacking foresight or scope

a short view of the problem

shortsighted policies

the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

create a short circuit in

cheat someone by not returning him enough money