short-sheet

verb

short-sheeted; short-sheeting; short-sheets

: to arrange usually as a playful trick the top sheet on a bed in a way that leaves no space for the feet of a person getting into the bed

Somebody short-sheeted my bed at summer camp.

: to give (someone) less than what is expected or deserved

Our school district was short-sheeted by the state government.

Examples of short-sheet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Boycotts can be effective in changing toxic business behaviors, but the culture wars are too unwieldy to short-sheet from one side. —

Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2024

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