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short | pants |

As a proper noun short

is .

As a noun pants is

.

As a verb pants is

to pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants or pants can be (pant).

As an adjective pants is

(british|slang) of inferior quality, rubbish.

short

English

(wikipedia short)

Adjective

(er)
  • Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
  • (of a person) Of comparatively little height.
  • Having little duration; opposite of long.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
    • , author=Anna Lena Phillips , title=Sneaky Silk Moths , volume=100, issue=2, page=172 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.}}
    Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it's been at least twenty minutes long.
  • Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
    • “Phone” is short''' for “telephone” and "asap" '''short for "as soon as possible".
  • (cricket, Of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.
  • (cricket, Of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.
  • Brittle (of pastry, and some metals); see also shortening, shortcrust.
  • Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
    • He gave a short answer to the question.
  • Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
    • a short supply of provisions
  • Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.
    • to be short of money
    The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.
  • Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
    • an account which is short of the truth
  • * Landor
    • Hardly anything short of an invasion could rouse them again to war.
  • (obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
  • * Spenser
    • Marinell was sore offended / That his departure thence should be so short .
  • * Clarendon
    • He commanded those who were appointed to attend him to be ready by a short day.
  • In a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
    • I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.

    Usage notes

    * (having a small distance between ends or edges) (term) is often used in the positive vertical dimension and used as is (shallow) in the negative vertical dimension; in the horizontal dimension (narrow) is more commonly used.

    Synonyms

    * (having a small distance between ends or edges) low, narrow, slim, shallow * little, pint-sized, petite, titchy (slang) * (having little duration) brief, concise * an abbreviation of, a short form of

    Antonyms

    * (having a small distance between ends or edges) tall, high, wide, broad, deep, long * tall * (having little duration) long * long

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
    • They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.
    He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.
    The boss got a message and cut the meeting short .
  • Unawares.
    • The recent developments at work caught them short .
  • Without achieving a goal or requirement.
    • His speech fell short of what was expected.
  • (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
  • (finance) With a negative ownership position.
    • We went short most finance companies in July.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short circuit.
  • A short film.
  • * 2012 July 12, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift [http://www.avclub.com/articles/ice-age-continental-drift,82358/]
    • Preceded by a Simpsons short shot in 3-D—perhaps the only thing more superfluous than a fourth Ice Age movie—Ice Age: Continental Drift finds a retinue of vaguely contemporaneous animals coping with life in the post-Pangaea age.
  • (Used to indicate a short-length version of a size)
    • 38 short suits fit me right off the rack.
    Do you have that size in a short .
  • (baseball) A shortstop.
    • Jones smashes a grounder between third and short .
  • (finance) A short seller.
    • The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.
  • (finance) A short sale.
    • He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.
  • A summary account.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The short and the long is, our play is preferred.
  • (phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
  • * H. Sweet
    • If we compare the nearest conventional shorts and longs in English, as in "bit" and "beat", "not" and "naught", we find that the short vowels are generally wide, the long narrow, besides being generally diphthongic as well.
  • (label) An shorter than normal integers; usually two bytes long.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause a in (something).
  • Of an electrical circuit, to .
  • To shortchange.
  • To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
    • This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.
  • (business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short .
  • (obsolete) To shorten.

    • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Deficient in.
    • We are short a few men on the second shift.
    He's short common sense.
  • (finance) Having a negative position in.
    • I don't want to be short the market going into the weekend.

    Synonyms

    * (deficient in) lacking, short on

    Derived terms

    * cold short * for short * hot short * in short * short-arse * short back and sides * short of * short-change, shortchange * shorten * short end of the stick * shortie * shortfall * shorthand * short strokes * shorty * the long and short

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    Anagrams

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    pants

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortened from .

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • * 1933 , , Rabble in Arms , 1996, page 220:
    • “But they cover the legs,” Joseph explained. “That is the only reason my people wear pants': to cover the legs in the winter, or when traveling through rough country, full of thorns. In warm weather, or in open country, ' pants are unnecessary, uncomfortable, and foolish.”
  • * 1989 , , Penguin (2006), page 427:
    • Then he gave me a last desperate push and I tripped over the shorts caught around my ankles and fell down. I tried to pull my pants up with my boxing gloves but without success.In those days nobody wore underpants and I was bare-arsed and fancy free in front of everyone.
  • * 2010 , Ronald C. Eng (editor), Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills , 8th Edition, The Mountaineers Books, US, page 24:
    • Look for pants' with reinforced seats and knees and full-length side zippers that make it possible to put the ' pants on while you are wearing boots, crampons, skis, or snowshoes.
  • * 2005 , , page 12:
    • I rolled up the legs of the pants , then I went back into the trees.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=May 27 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992) , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=The episode also opens with an inspired bit of business for Homer, who blithely refuses to acquiesce to an elderly neighbor’s utterly reasonable request that he help make the process of selling her house easier by wearing pants when he gallivants about in front of windows, throw out his impressive collection of rotting Jack-O-Lanterns from previous Halloweens and take out his garbage, as it’s attracting wildlife (cue moose and Northern Exposure theme song).}}
  • * 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 39:
    • I decided to pass up her underclothes, not from feelings of delicacy, but because I couldn't see myself putting her pants on and snapping her brassière.
  • * 1976 , Nathan H. Azrin, Richard M. Foxx, Toilet Training in Less Than a Day , 1988, page 127:
    • Big girls get candy for dry pants .
  • * 1984 , (Martin Amis), Money , Vintage (2005), page 183:
    • As she bent over the intercom the little skirt went peek-a-boo and you could see white pants cupping her buttocks like a bra.
  • (fashion) English plurals
  • (UK, slang) rubbish; something worthless
    • You're talking pants !
    The film was a load (or pile) of pants .
    Synonyms
    * (outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards) breeks, britches, hosen, slacks, strides, trousers * (undergarment that covers the genitals and often neighbouring body parts) drawers, underpants, underwear *: (for men) boxers, boxer shorts, BVD's, ginch, gitch, gonch, gotch, jockeys, jockey shorts, shorts, skivvies, undershorts *: (for women) underpants, knickers, panties
    Hyponyms
    * (outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards) corduroys/cords, jeans
    Derived terms
    * -pants * all mouth and pants, all mouth and no pants * beat the pants off * ), seat-of-the-pants * * hot pants/hotpants * kick in the pants * overpants * smarty pants * the pants off (with scare, bore, beat, etc.) * wear the pants *

    Verb

    (es)
  • To pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants.
  • * 1948 , University of California, Carolina Quarterly , page 47:
    • Keith Gerber has been pantsed twice already this summer by Lannie and Cling, and so his face is more resolved, the fear tempered by the fact that he understands these things to be inevitable.
  • * 1980 , William Hogan, The Quartzsite Trip , Atheneum, page 242:
    • [T]he other boys, Stretch Latham and Rod Becker mainly, pantsed him, got his jockey shorts away and threw them onto Hubcap Willie’s roof.
  • * 1993 , Harold Augenbraum, Ilan Stavans, Growing Up Latino: Memoirs and Stories , page 174:
    • Richard did not stand too close to him, because he was always trying to pants him, and he would have died of shame if he did it tonight, because he knew his BVDs were dirty at the trap door.
    Synonyms
    * depants, de-pants, (British) keg

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (British, slang) of inferior quality, rubbish.
    • Your mobile is pants — why don’t you get one like mine?

    Etymology 2

    From the verb (term) (from (etyl) panten and (hence) the noun (pant).)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pant)

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