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Short may refer to:

Short circuit, an accidental connection between two nodes of an electrical circuit
Short integer, a computer datatype

Short (finance), stock-trading position
Short snorter, a banknote signed by fellow travelers, common during World War II

Short pastry, one which is rich in butter with a crumbly texture, as in shortbread
Shortening, any kind of fat which creates a crumbly pastry

Short stature, below average height
SHORT syndrome, a medical condition in which affected individuals have multiple birth defects
Shortness of breath, the feeling that one cannot breathe well enough

Short (cricket), fielding positions closer to the batsman
Short time, a situation in which a civilian employee works reduced hours, or a military person is approaching the end of their enlistment
Short vowel, a vowel sound of short perceived duration
- Extra-short, a speech sound, such as a reduced vowel, of particularly short duration

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 == Places ==
+== How do you know for sure that your boy(girl)friend is not cheating on you? ==
-* [[Short (crater)]], a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon
-* [[Short, Mississippi]], an unincorporated community
-* [[Short, Oklahoma]], a census-designated place
-==People==
-* [[Short (surname)]]
-* [[List of people known as the Short]]
-==Arts, entertainment, and media==
-* [[Short film]], a cinema format (also called film short or short subject)
-* [[Short story]], prose generally readable in one sitting
-* ''[[The Short-Timers]]'', a 1979 semi-autobiographical novel by Gustav Hasford, about military short-timers in Vietnam
 ==Brands and enterprises==
 * [[Short Brothers]], a British aerospace company