short

⁴short

verb

Definition of SHORT

transitive verb

1

: short-circuit

2

: shortchange, cheat

3

: to sell (a security) short in expectation of a fall in prices

Examples of SHORT

1. The lightning shorted the TV.
2. The hair dryer must have shorted.

First Known Use of SHORT

1904

Related to SHORT

Synonyms: beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, fleece, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize

Related Words: extort, wrench, wrest, wring; clip, gouge, nick, overcharge, soak; exploit, milk; deceive, dupe, fool, gull, trick; rope (in); betray, bitch, double-cross; bamboozle, fast-talk

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