Phrase Hound found 505 phrases and 159 compound words that contain short. The most common are listed below. Open short in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 505
- short-termOf or pertaining to the near or immediate future.
- short storyA work of fiction that is shorter than a novella.
- short timeA period of reduced workhours.
- short formA word with the same meaning as another formed by removing one or more of the syllables of the longer word, and considered a word in its own right rather than an abbreviation.
- short filmAny motion picture not long enough to be considered a feature film.
- short circuitA usually unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit such that excessive and often damaging current flows in it.
- short listA list of candidates selected from a longer list, and from which one or more successful candidates are in turn selected.
- short storiesplural of short story: A work of fiction that is shorter than a novella.
- short-periodHaving an orbital period of less than 200 years, especially said of comets
- long story shortIntroducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, a relevant story.
- fall shortTo be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient.
- life is shortOne should make the most of one's life, rather than wasting it on trivial matters or negativity.
- short and sweetEfficiently brief in duration, especially when referring to a task that becomes unpleasant when prolonged.
- short trackUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see short, track.
- cut shortTo interrupt or curtail before the planned end time.
- Too Short
- short-livedAlive or existent for only a short period of time.
- short titleAn abbreviated form of entry for a book in a list or catalog that usually gives only the author's name, the title in brief, the date and place of publication, and the publisher's or printer's name.
- short-term memoryThe capacity for holding, but not manipulating, a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time.
- short-distanceRelating to movement, travel, transport, or communication covering only a relatively small spatial extent.
- sell shortTo engage in the process of short selling (selling a stock one does not own on the premise of the stock's price going down).
- short sThe s character, as distinct from the long s — the ſ character.
- short-runShort-term; of a brief passage of time.
- short of breathShort-winded; panting; breathless; in a state of breathlessness.
- short-orderAlternative spelling of short order.
Compound words 159
- shortlyIn a short or brief time or manner; quickly.
- shortenTo make shorter; to abbreviate.
- shorthandA rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc.
- shortwaveAn electromagnetic wave with a relatively short wavelength; specifically, one with a wavelength generally between 10 and 100 metres, corresponding to a frequency between 3 and 30 megahertz.
- shortnessThe property of being short, of being small of stature or brief.
- shortcomingA deficiency or falling short; failure to attain a goal or ideal.
- shortcakeA sweet cake or biscuit (crumbly leavened bread) typically made with flour, sugar, salt, butter, milk or cream, and sometimes eggs, and leavened with baking powder or baking soda.
- shorthandedLacking sufficient staff or people, as for normal or efficient operations.
- shorthairedHaving short hair.
- shortchangeTo defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction.