plural of short hundred

plural of short dozen

One hundred (100), 10 x 10, especially when contrasted with one long hundred.

plural of short sale

One should make the most of one's life, as one never knows when one will die.

(idiomatic) In childhood; as a child.

(idiomatic) To play a prank by folding someone's bed sheets to make the space for lying in the bed unusably short.

Alternative form of short end of the stick

A division algorithm which breaks down a division problem into a series of easy steps, relying on mental arithmetic.

(military) To diminish the length or rapidity of the step according to the established rules.