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short stop

short stop is the alternative spelling of shortstop.

Meaning of shortstop

Noun

shortstop (plural shortstops)

  1. The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman.
    • The shortstop ranged deep into the hole to make the stop.
  2. (figuratively) A nimble defender.
    • I'll play shortstop when we make our proposal.
  3. A player who is short of money.
    • The shortstops and desperados were not permitted to play in this marker crap game.1981, Sam Grafstein, Dice Doctor

Forms of short stop

pluralshort stops

Questions about short stop

What is short stop the alternative spelling of?
Short stop is the alternative spelling of shortstop.

Words near short stop in the dictionary

  1. short squeeze
  2. short squeezes
  3. short stack
  4. short stacked
  5. short stacks
  6. short stop
  7. short stops
  8. short stories
  9. short story
  10. short straddle
  11. short strokes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: short stop (page history and authors); shortstop (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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