short

v.

[1]	short-change
[2]	short-circuit

n.

[1]	short circuit
[2]	shortstop
[3]	in short , briefly , in a word , all in all , to make a long story short , in a nutshell
[4]	shorts , Bermuda shorts , knee-breeches , knee-pants , hot pants

adv.

[1]	abruptly , suddenly , peremptorily , without warning , instantly , unexpectedly , hurriedly , hastily , out of the blue
[2]	cut short , trim , curtail , shorten , abbreviate , cutstop , cut off , terminate , cut in on , break in on , interrupt , butt in
[3]	fall/come short , fail , be/prove inadequate/insufficient
[4]	abruptly , suddenly , dead
[5]	unawares
[6]	curtly , shortly

adj.

[1]	small , little , slight , petite , diminutive , wee , tiny , elfin , minuscule , midget , dwarfish , squat , dumpy , runty , stubby , stunted , (Colloq) pint-sized , knee-high to a grasshopper , sawn-off
[2]	shortened , brief , concise , compressed , compendious , compact , pocket , (US) vest-pocket , abbreviated , abridged , cut
[3]	laconic , terse , succinct , pithy , sententious , epigrammatic
[4]	abrupt , curt , terse , sharp , blunt , bluff , brusque , sharp , offhand , gruff , testy , snappish , discourteous , uncivil , impolite
[5]	direct , straight , straightforward , short and sweet
[6]	short of , deficient (in) , lacking (in) , needful (of) , wanting , inadequate , shy (of) , low (on)
[7]	brief , limited , transitory , temporary , short-lived , momentary , quick , transient
[8]	impecunious , little , straitened , pinched , underfunded , poor , penniless , deficient
[9]	in short supply , inadequate , poor , rare , scarce , scanty , unplentiful , meagre , sparse , (Colloq) (Mainly Brit) thin on the ground
[10]	short of , unretentive , forgetful , before , failing , excluding , exclusive of , barring , eliminating , precluding , excepting , except for , leaving out , apart from , setting aside
[11]	light , scant
[12]	shortsighted , unforesightful , myopic
[13]	brusque , brusk , curt