buff vs short

buff

noun
  • A military coat made of buff leather. 

  • Any substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits. 

  • Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals. 

  • A buffalo, or the meat of a buffalo. 

  • The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat. 

  • Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition. 

  • A brownish yellow colour. 

  • A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing. 

  • A person who is very interested in a particular subject. 

  • An effect that makes a character or item stronger. 

  • The bare skin. 

verb
  • To strike. 

  • To polish and make shiny by rubbing. 

  • To make a character or an item stronger. 

  • To modify a medical chart, especially in a dishonest manner. 

adj
  • Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow. 

  • Physically attractive. 

  • Unusually muscular. 

short

noun
  • A short version of a garment in a particular size. 

  • A short sound, syllable, or vowel. 

  • A short film. 

  • A shortstop. 

  • A short seller. 

  • An automobile; especially in crack shorts, to break into automobiles. 

  • A short circuit. 

  • A short sale or short position. 

  • An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long. 

  • A summary account. 

adv
  • Unawares. 

  • Abruptly, curtly, briefly. 

  • Without achieving a goal or requirement. 

  • With a negative ownership position. 

  • Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full. 

verb
  • To shortchange. 

  • To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount. 

  • 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. 

  • To short circuit. 

  • To cause a short circuit in (something). 

adj
  • Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant. 

  • bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman. 

  • Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered. 

  • Having little duration. 

  • that falls short of the green or the hole. 

  • Of comparatively small height. 

  • Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty. 

  • Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another). 

  • Brittle, crumbly. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening, hot short, cold-short.) 

  • Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard. 

  • that is relatively close to the batsman. 

  • Undiluted; neat. 

  • Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically. 

  • Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking. 

  • Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future. 

  • Doubtful of, skeptical of. 

prep
  • Having a negative position in. 

  • Deficient in. 

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