Related Words for short fuse

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pepper pot
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Phrase, Noun
bright spark
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Phrase, Noun
fireball
/xx
Noun
monkey
/x
Noun
bundle of nerves
/x//
Phrase, Noun
potty mouth
/x/
Phrase, Noun
uptight
x/
Adjective
fart
/
Noun
squirt
/
Noun
snowflake
/x
Noun
melt
/
Noun
fink
/
Name
dim bulb
//
Phrase, Noun
tool
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Noun
crack
/
Noun
tonto
/x
Name
idiot
/xx
Noun
psycho
/x
Noun
speed demon
//x
Phrase, Noun
midget
/x
Noun
goldfish
/x
Noun
hot seat
//
Phrase, Noun
snip
/
Noun
freak
/
Noun
small fry
//
Phrase, Noun
stick
/
Noun
frag
/
Noun
flame
/
Noun
crab
/
Noun
smart aleck
/x/
Name, Name
red rag
//
Phrase, Noun
twang
/
Noun
catty
/x
Noun
hot mess
//
Phrase, Noun
mouthful
/x
Noun
crank
/
Noun
flake
/
Noun
retard
x/
Verb
nut job
//
Phrase, Noun
quickie
/x
Noun
wildcat
/x
Noun
funny bone
/x/
Phrase, Noun
bugger
/x
Noun
burner
/x
Noun
button nose
/x/
Phrase, Noun
hots
/
Noun
spastic
/x
Adjective
sharp
/
Adjective
twit
/
Noun
shorty
/x
Name
abbreviated
x/xxx
Adjective
abridged
x/
Adjective
abruptly
x/x
Adverb
absorb
x/
Verb
abstract
x/
Adjective, Name, Verb
accelerated
x/xxx
Adjective
acute
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
alloy
/x
Noun, Verb
amalgamate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
amp
/
Noun, Verb
ampere
/x
Noun
anyhow
/xx
Adverb
anyway
/xx
Adverb
barely
/x
Adverb
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
below
x/
Adverb, Noun
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blend
/
Noun, Verb
blend in
/x
Phrase, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bomb
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
box
/
Noun, Verb
boy
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
braid
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
breaker
/x
Noun
brief
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
briefly
/x
Adverb
brusque
/
Adjective, Verb
bulb
/
Noun, Verb
bus
/
Noun, Verb
button
/x
Noun, Verb
bypass
/x
Noun, Verb
car
/
Noun
cartridge
/x
Noun
cast
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
change
/
Noun, Verb
chassis
/x
Noun
choleric
/xx
Adjective, Noun
chunky
/x
Adjective, Noun
circuit
/x
Noun, Verb
circuit breaker
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
clicker
/x
Noun
clipped
/
Adjective
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
coalesce
xx/
Verb
coil
/
Noun, Verb
combine
/x
Verb, Noun
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
con
/
Noun, Verb
concise
x/
Adjective, Verb
condensed
x/
Adjective
conflate
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
conjugate
xx/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
connector
x/x
Noun
consumable
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
conveyor
x/x
Noun
cord
/
Noun, Verb
court
/
Noun, Verb
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
cursory
/xx
Adjective
curt
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
deficient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
definitive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
defuse
x/
Verb
derivation
xx/x
Noun
deriving
x/x
Noun
detachable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
detonator
/xxx
Noun
digest
x/
Noun, Verb
diminutive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
disconnect
xx/
Noun, Verb
docs
/
Noun
dumpy
/x
Adjective, Noun
dwarf
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
early
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
electric
x/x
Adjective, Name
electricity
xx/xx
Noun
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
ephemeral
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
explosive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
fade
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
fat
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
few
/
Noun
final
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
flare
/
Noun, Verb
fleeting
/x
Adjective, Noun
flop
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
foreseeable
x/xx
Adjective
forgetful
x/x
Adjective
forthcoming
//x
Adjective, Noun
fugitive
/xx
Adjective, Noun
fused
/
Adjective
fusible
/xx
Adjective, Noun
fuzzy
/x
Adjective, Noun
gear
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
glance
/
Noun, Verb
hair
/
Noun, Verb
height
/
Noun
house
/
Noun, Verb
hunch
/
Noun, Verb
im
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
immediate
x/xx
Adjective
imminent
/xx
Adjective
impatient
x/x
Adjective
improvident
x/xx
Adjective
inadequate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
independent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
inferior
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
informal
x/x
Adjective
injector
x/x
Noun
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective
introductory
xx/xx
Adjective
irascible
x/xx
Adjective
join
/
Verb, Noun
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
kid
/
Noun, Verb
lack
/
Noun, Verb
lamp
/
Noun, Verb
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
lengthened
/x
Adjective
lengthier
/xx
Adjective
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
limited
/xx
Adjective, Noun
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
lock
/
Noun, Verb
locket
/x
Noun
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
longish
/x
Adjective
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
meagre
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
measuring
/xx
Noun
medium
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
meld
/
Verb, Noun
memorandum
xx/x
Noun
merge
/
Verb, Noun
minimal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
minor
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
minute
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
missing
/x
Adjective, Noun
mix
/
Noun, Verb
molten
/x
Adjective
momentary
/xxx
Adjective
mortar
/x
Noun, Verb
much
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
nain
/
Name
narrow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb