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[shortchange]{v. phr.} To return less money to a customer in a store than is coming to him or her; cheat. •/I was shortchanged by the cashier when I got seven dollars back instead of eight./

[shortcut]{n.} A road shorter than the one that people normally take. •/We can save twenty minutes if we take this shortcut over the hill./

[short end]{n.} The worst or most unpleasant part. •/The new boy got the short end of it because all the comfortable beds in the dormitory had been taken before he arrived./ •/The girls who served refreshments at the party got the short end of it. When everybody had been served, there was no cake left for them./

[shorthanded]{adj.} Understaffed; short on workers. •/With several employees gone for the holiday weekend and two dozen people in line, the rent-a-car agency suddenly found itself terribly shorthanded./

[short haul]{n.} A short distance; a short trip. •/The Scoutmaster said that it was just a short haul to the lake./ •/The man from the moving company said they did not make short hauls, so we hired a truck to move our furniture three blocks to our new house./ Contrast: LONG HAUL.

[short list] or [short-listed]{v. phr.} To place on the list of select finalists for a job. •/Only three of the twenty-seven applicants were short-listed for the assistant professorial vacancy in our department./

[short of(1)]{adj. phr.} 1. Less or worse than. •/Don’t do anything short of your best./ 2. Not having enough. •/We did not buy anything because we were short of money./ •/The girls were asked to wait on tables because the kitchen was short of help./

[short of(2)]{adv. phr.} Away from; at a distance from. •/The day’s drive still left us a hundred miles short of the ocean./ •/The golfer’s shot fell far short of the hole./

[short of breath]{adj.} Panting and wheezing. •/He ran up six flights of stairs so rapidly that he was short of breath for several minutes./

[short-order cook]{n.} A person who prepares food that cooks quickly. •/Bruce found a summer job as a short-order cook in a drive-in restaurant./ •/The new diner needs another short-order cook./ Compare: SLING HASH.

[short shrift]{n.} Little or no attention. — Usually used with "get" or "give". •/In books about jobs, women’s work is consistently given short shrift./

[short-spoken]{adj.} Using so few words that you seem impatient or angry; speaking in a short impatient way; saying as little as possible in an unfriendly way. •/Jim is always short-spoken when he is tired./ •/We were hoping to borrow Dad’s car, but he was so short-spoken when he came home that we were afraid to ask./

[shot] See: BIG CHEESE or BIG SHOT, BY A LONG SHOT, CALL ONE’S SHOT, CALL THE SHOTS, FOUL SHOT, LONG SHOT.

[shot in the arm]{n. phr.}, {informal} Something inspiring or encouraging. •/The general’s appearance was a shot in the arm for the weary soldiers./ •/We were ready to quit, but the coach’s talk was a shot in the arm./