short

About 146.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
2. adjective Of a person, living being, or object, having a comparatively small height.
3. adjective Having little duration.

   Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it’s been at least twenty minutes long.

4. adjective Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).

   "Phone" is short for "telephone" and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".

5. adjective Of a fielder or fielding position, that is relatively close to the batsman.
6. adjective Of a ball, bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
7. adjective Of an approach shot or putt, that falls short of the green or the hole.
8. adjective Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.

Similar words

little pint-size pint-sized runty truncated dumpy scant squat brusk squatty

Often followed by

time of and distance period stories term story run

Word family

shorted shorter shortest shorting shortish shortness shortnesses shorts