shortcut

¹short·cut

noun \ˈshȯrt-ˌkət also -ˈkət\

Definition of SHORTCUT

1

: a route more direct than the one ordinarily taken

2

: a method or means of doing something more directly and quickly than and often not so thoroughly as by ordinary procedure <a shortcut to success>

Examples of SHORTCUT

1. Wait, I know a shortcut. Turn left here.
2. We took a shortcut home.
3. Let's take the shortcut through the woods.
4. I used a shortcut to calculate the total weight.
5. There are no shortcuts to learning another language.
6. Mistakes were made because too many shortcuts were taken.

First Known Use of SHORTCUT

1637

Rhymes with SHORTCUT

abut, all but, beechnut, blind gut, brush cut, buzz cut, catgut, chestnut, clean-cut, clear-cut, cobnut, cockshut, crew cut, crosscut, doughnut, foregut, groundnut, haircut, jump cut, kick butt, locknut, Meerut, midgut, offcut, peanut, pignut, pine nut, putt-putt, rebut, recut, rotgut, rough cut, sackbut, somewhat, tut-tut, uncut, walnut, wing nut, woodcut