short

Short was used long before there were compact cars. It goes back to at least the Forties on the Southside of Chicago. It means ANY car. It was from the vernacular of hotrodders and black gangsters. It probably derives from "hot short", which evolved to "hotwire" ... a car.

Get your short and let's go for a ride.

by Searle Rosen July 24, 2006

short

to be not tall. under 5" talls

siraj, year sevens and migdets are all short

by intro maniac October 6, 2005

short

to sell a security in anticipation of price decline

i got rich shorting enron stock

by deadcat June 10, 2003

short

Help me! I'm 19, 3'1 1/2" and 18 pounds and haven't grown since I was TWO!

by Anonymous October 31, 2003

short

(noun) - a small portion of a cigarette, maybe a few deuces

Yo, lemme get a short.

by youngbull July 1, 2005

short

Slang term meaning car.

"Damn, that your new short?"

by mr00jimbo August 27, 2005

short

short -person whoose getting out of the military soon.

I got only 1 day man can't get shorter then that.

by jake smith May 25, 2004