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short cut

short cut is the alternative spelling of shortcut.

Meaning of shortcut

Noun

shortcut (plural shortcuts)

  1. A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.
  2. A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps.
    • East Midlands Railway is introducing new shortcuts for claiming compensation in the event of late-running services.2021 November 3, “Network News: EMR changes claims process”, in RAIL, number 943, page 15
  3. A file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it.
    • There are shortcuts to some of my favourite applications on my desktop.

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Forms of short cut

pluralshort cuts

Questions about short cut

What is short cut the alternative spelling of?
Short cut is the alternative spelling of shortcut.

Words near short cut in the dictionary

  1. short cons
  2. short corner
  3. short corners
  4. short cross
  5. short crosses
  6. short cut
  7. short cuts
  8. short division
  9. short divisions
  10. short down
  11. short dozen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: short cut (page history and authors); shortcut (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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