short vs shy

short

adj
  • Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

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. 

prep
  • Having a negative position in. 

  • Deficient in. 

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). 

shy

adj
  • Short, insufficient or less than. 

  • Easily frightened; timid. 

  • Embarrassed. 

  • Cautious; wary; suspicious. 

  • Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach. 

noun
  • In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx. 

  • In soccer, a throw-in from the sidelines, using two hands above the head. In shinty, the act of tossing the ball above the head and hitting it with the shaft of the caman to bring it back into play after it has been hit out of the field. 

  • An act of throwing. 

  • A place for throwing. 

  • A sudden start aside, as by a horse. 

verb
  • To avoid due to caution, embarrassment or timidness. 

  • (transitive) or (intransitive) To throw a ball with two hands above the head, especially when it has crossed the side lines in a football (soccer) match. To hit the ball back into play from the sidelines in a shinty match. 

  • To jump back in fear. 

  • To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling. 

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