Short may refer to:
- Short circuit, an accidental connection between two nodes of an electrical circuit
- Short (finance), stock-trading position
- Short film, a cinema format
- Short snorter, a banknote signed by fellow travelers, common during WW-II
- Short subject, a cinema format used almost interchangeably with short film
- Short integer, a computer datatype
- Short (cricket), an attribute among fielding position modifiers in cricket
- Short Brothers, a British aerospace company
- Short Brothers of Sunderland, former English shipbuilder
- A short person is one of lower human height
- A partially smoked cigarette that has been saved for later use
- SHORT syndrome, a medical condition in which affected individuals have multiple birth defects
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Famous quotes containing the word short:
“A lot of people have asked me how short I am. Since my last divorce, I think Im about $100,000 short.”
—Mickey Rooney (b. 1920)
“Lifes too short for chess.”
—Henry J. Byron (18341884)
“Kringelein: Im going to live. Im going to have a good time while I can.
The Baron: Thats my motto, Kringelein. A short life and a gay one.”
—William A. Drake (19001965)