Extending or traveling not far or not far enough, Easily provoked; irascible, Being of relatively brief duration. Used of a syllable in quantitative prosody, adverb_ Abruptly; quickly, At a point before a given boundary, limit, or goal, By means of a short sale, noun_ Something short, as, A size of clothing less long than the average for that size, A byproduct of wheat processing that consists of germ, bran, and coarse meal or flour, intransitive verb_ To cause a short circuit in, To short-sell (a security or index), To short-circuit