present participle of short circuit

(UK, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, slang) A police station.

A short vacation or holiday.

A person who shoplifts, one who steals from shops.

(engineering) In drilling, a bull-nose shaped device attached to the bottom of the casing string. A casing hanger, which allows the casing to be suspended from the wellhead, is also attached to the top of the casing.

(Australia, New Zealand) A liquor store.

(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

A ballot that lists only the major candidates for the major offices, for a voting district.