(finance) To buy in such stocks as have been sold short, in order to meet one's engagements, etc.

(attributive) Boyshort.

(of hair) As short as that usually found on boys.

(US) Alternative form of at short notice

very little warning or preparation time.

Having little wit, judgment, or intellect.

Having little time to run from its date; soon due.

(Philippines, slang) Extremely short shorts, worn by women, that exposes the buttocks.

Synonym of caught short (“needing to use the toilet where no facilities are available”)

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of short-sheet