FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

a Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.

a (context|of a person) Of comparatively little height.

a Having little duration; opposite of long.

a (context|followed by 'for') Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).

a (cricket|of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman

a (cricket|of a fielder or fielding position) relatively close to the batsman

a brittle (of pastry); see also shortening, shortcrust

a missing, deficient

a Any financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.

a abruptly

a unawares

a briefly

a curtly

a without achieving a goal or requirement

a (cricket) of a cricket ball, to bounce relatively far from the batsman so that it bounces higher than normal; opposite of full

a (finance) With a negative ownership position.

n A short circuit.

n A short film.

n (non-gloss definition|Used to indicate a short-length version of a size)

n (baseball) shortstop

n (finance) A short seller

n (finance) A short sale

v (transitive) To cause a short circuit |short circuit in (something).

v (intransitive) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit#Verb|short circuit.

v (transitive) To shortchange.

v (transitive) To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.

v (transitive|business) To sell something, especially security | 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'.

p Deficient in.

p (finance) Having a negative position in.