present participle of short out

Wearing board shorts.

(US, idiomatic, predicative) Too late and too feeble to achieve the desired effect.

(US, idiomatic) Adverbial use of the adjectival form.

Synonym of a day late and a dollar short

(idiomatic) Exhibiting disquiet or unsoundness of mind; not sane; mad.

(idiomatic) To have someone in a difficult situation in which he or she is without alternatives and can be controlled.

(idiomatic, humorous, informal) Synonym of get one's knickers in a twist

(informal, simile) Very stupid.

(idiomatic) A fall to one's death by hanging.