Shorter
/ˈʃɔːtə/ adj, name, noun, slang
adj, name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling. colloquial
- 2 One who makes a dishonest profit by clipping and filing coins. UK, obsolete, slang
"My grandfather, as I said before, was connected with a gang of shorters, and sometimes shortened money, […]"
Adjective
- 1 comparative form of short: more short. comparative, form-of
"There are two routes to get there. We're in a rush so we'll take the shorter one."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 A town in Macon County, Alabama, United States. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"When summer is over, the days grow shorter and shorter."