present participle of get one's shorts in a knot

simple past tense of get one's shorts in a knot

(transitive, idiomatic) To do (a task) quicker or easier. / (transitive, idiomatic) To deal with or overcome (someone or something) quickly and without difficulty.

To select the shortest straw or other object while drawing straws. / (idiomatic) To be selected to do an undesirable task (by drawing the shortest straw or otherwise).

the system for transmitting text messages on mobile phones

(chiefly Britain) A regime intended to deter crime by making an immediate severe impact.

(computing) A logical operator that returns a value as soon as the outcome is certain, without necessarily testing all operands (for example, an OR operator returning true if the first operand evaluates as true, without evaluating the second operand).

Alternative spelling of short circuit operator

(algebra) An exact sequence of precisely three nontrivial objects (e.g., modules).

(idiomatic) Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, a relevant story.