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Military and prison adjective for describing someone nearing the end of their tour of duty, enlistment or incarceration. A short-timer is someone who has less then 90 days to serve. A Korean War veteran told me these terms were in wide use in the late 1940s; they have been in continuous wide use in the military since then.
Sargeant: "Get you head out of your ass -- make something of yourself soldier."
Private (to self): "I'm short . . . I don't give a fuck."
short by Bill Peters August 22, 2006
what a guy is if he's 5'6 or under and what a woman is if she's 5'3 or under.
Natalie is only 5'0 tall. She's short.
Short by kandygrl7 July 2, 2009
look if you ain't got the money you're just short
short by Anonymous July 17, 2003
Me
Joey: dude I'm short

Sam: no shit. You couldn't ride any of the rides at cedar point and you're 29
Short by Cool coochie kid December 19, 2020
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.
short by Searle Rosen July 24, 2006
to be not tall. under 5" talls
siraj, year sevens and migdets are all short
short by intro maniac October 6, 2005