Short

Short may refer to:

Places

Short film, a cinema format (also called film short or short subject)
Short story, prose generally readable in one sitting
The Short-Timers, a 1979 semi-autobiographical novel by Gustav Hasford, about military short-timers in Vietnam

Short circuit, an accidental connection between two nodes of an electrical circuit
Short integer, a computer datatype

Short (finance), stock-trading position
Short snorter, a banknote signed by fellow travelers, common during World War II

Short pastry, one which is rich in butter with a crumbly texture, as in shortbread
Shortening, any kind of fat which creates a crumbly pastry

Short stature, below average height
SHORT syndrome, a medical condition in which affected individuals have multiple birth defects
Shortness of breath, the feeling that one cannot breathe well enough

Short (cricket), fielding positions closer to the batsman
Short time, a situation in which a civilian employee works reduced hours, or a military person is approaching the end of their enlistment
Short vowel, a vowel sound of short perceived duration
- Extra-short, a speech sound, such as a reduced vowel, of particularly short duration

gollark: ... no, that is probably not true.

gollark: This is more <#645777807275851776>-y.

gollark: What are you on about? Are you talking about... actual clouds?

gollark: What does that MEAN? What does that have to do with anything?

gollark: Unrelatedly, I am running into some *incredibly* weird problems with my phone now.