Definitions
1.verbTo cause a short circuit in (something).
2.verbOf an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
3.verbTo shortchange.
4.verbTo provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount."This is the third time I’ve caught them shorting us."
5.verbTo 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.
6.verbTo shorten.