Shorting

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    short selling countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    short circuit; outage countable, uncountable

    "[…] rotted and cracked, and occasionally the water would seep through to the bare wires and cause shortings and electric fires."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of short form-of, gerund, participle, present

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