Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fall short

simple past tense of fall short

present participle of fall short

past participle of fall short

(informal, sometimes derogatory) Term of address for a small person. / (cricket) Deliveries that bounce relatively far from the batsman or batswoman.

Alternative form of shortsword

More or less brittle when heated.

Alternative form of cold short.

hot-short; brittle when red-hot; said of certain kinds of iron

A cut of beef from the hind quarters of a steer or heifer, behind the ribs, including the top loin and the tenderloin, usually cut into steaks.