Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal, not comparable)Shorter than normal, especially of clothing.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Tom is a shorty.

    DJ_Saidez · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. He got mad at me for calling him Shorty.

    deEr wurde wütend auf mich, weil ich ihn Shorty genannt hatte. — Tamy

    CM · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

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Word family

1 related words
Derivedshorty shorts

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shorthandshortlyB1shortnessB2shortstopshotA2

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