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1have a short fuse — have a short fuse/be on a short fuse/informal phrase to become angry or upset very easily He’s a fiery player with a very short fuse. Thesaurus: words used to describe someone who is easily annoyed or difficult to pleasesynonym Main entry …
2have a short fuse — tv. to be easy to anger. (Have got can replace have.) □ He’s got a short fuse, so watch out. □ Tracy has a short fuse and is likely to lose her temper at any time …
3have a short fuse — +inf Informal. to anger easily; have a quick temper …
4Short-tailed Emerald — Poortman s Emerald Hummingbird male center, female above right John Gould, 1860 Conservation status …
5short-circuit — verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to have a short circuit, or to make a piece of electrical equipment have a short circuit 2. ) transitive to avoid dealing with all the details involved in something, so that you can do it more quickly and… …
6short-circuit — v 1.) [I and T] to have a short circuit or cause a short circuit in something 2.) [T] to get something done without going through the usual long methods ▪ I short circuited the whole process by a simple telephone call …
7short-circuit — v 1.) [I and T] to have a short circuit or cause a short circuit in something 2.) [T] to get something done without going through the usual long methods ▪ I short circuited the whole process by a simple telephone call …
8short-lived — [shôrt′līvd′, shôrt′livd′] adj. having or tending to have a short life span or existence …
9short — short1 W1S1 [ʃo:t US ʃo:rt] adj comparative shorter superlative shortest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(time)¦ 2¦(length/distance)¦ 3¦(not tall)¦ 4¦(book/letter)¦ 5¦(not enough)¦ 6 be short on something 7¦(less than)¦ …
10short — I [[t]ʃɔ͟ː(r)t[/t]] ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB USES ♦ shorter, shortest (Please look at category 24 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) ADJ GRADED If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does… …
