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short out

short out verb: to short circuit.

Verb

short out (third-person singular simple present shorts out, present participle shorting out, simple past and past participle shorted out)

  1. (ambitransitive) To short circuit.

Forms of short out

third-person singular presentshorts out
present participleshorting out
past participleshorted out
pastshorted out

Questions about short out

What does short out mean?
Short out means to short circuit.
What part of speech is short out?
Short out is a verb.
What is the past tense of short out?
The past tense of short out is shorted out.

Words near short out in the dictionary

  1. short of breath
  2. short on looks
  3. short oo
  4. short order
  5. short orders
  6. short out
  7. short pants
  8. short pass
  9. short passes
  10. short passive
  11. short pastries

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