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noun 
  1. A short circuit.
  2. (baseball) shortstop
Jones smashes a grounder between third and .
verb 
  1. (transitive) To cause a short circuit
adjective 
  1. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically dimensions.
  2. A word or phrase that can be said or written in less time to represent another word or phrase.
"Tater" is for "potato".
  1. (context, of a person) With less height
  2. (cricket, of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman
  3. (cricket, of a fielder or fielding position) relatively close to the batsman
adverb 
  1. (cricket) of a cricket ball, to bounce relatively far from the batsman so that it bounces higher than normal; opposite of full
Etymology: (term, scort, lang=ang)


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