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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>
See Examples of SHORTCUT
- Wait, I know a shortcut. Turn left here.
- We took a shortcut home.
- Let's take the shortcut through the woods.
- I used a shortcut to calculate the total weight.
- There are no shortcuts to learning another language.
- 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
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verbshortcutshortcut·ting
Definition of SHORTCUT
transitive verb
: to shorten (as a route or procedure) by use of a shortcut; also : circumvent
intransitive verb
: to take or use a shortcut
Examples of SHORTCUT
- <are you sure there's no way to shortcut the entrance requirements?>
First Known Use of SHORTCUT
1915
Related to SHORTCUT
- Synonyms
- beat, bypass, dodge, get around, circumvent, sidestep, skirt
- Antonyms
- comply (with), follow, keep, obey, observe
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