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Definition of short noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

short

noun
 
/ʃɔːt/
 
/ʃɔːrt/
 (informal) see also shortsIdioms
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  1. (British English) a small strong alcoholic drink, for example of whiskyTopics Drinksc2
  2. a short film, especially one that is shown before the main filmTopics Film and theatrec2
  3. (informal) a short circuit (= a failure in an electrical circuit, when electricity travels along the wrong route because of damaged wires or a fault in the connections between the wires)
    4. Word OriginOld English sceort, of Germanic origin; related to shirt and skirt.
Idioms
in short
  1. in a few words
    • His novels belong to a great but vanished age. They are, in short, old-fashioned.
the long and (the) short of it
  1. used when you are telling somebody the essential facts about something or what effect it will have, without explaining all the details
See short in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee short in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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