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short stuff

short stuff noun: term of address for a child or small person.

Noun

short stuff (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, informal, sometimes) Term of address for a child or small person.
    • Snarks cut in. "I know all about that sort of thing! And I can tell a demon from a phantom as well as the next magical creature!"
      "Yes," the Brownie replied. "But did you?"
      "Listen, short stuff!" Snarks was shouting now.1986, Craig Shaw Gardner, A Multitude of Monsters
    • "Okay, short stuff," he said upon reaching the kitchen table where they'd started. "Time for bed. You too, Grace."2002, Sandra Steffen, Day by Day
  2. Deliveries that bounce relatively far from the batsman or batswoman.

Forms of short stuff

alternative formshortstuff

Questions about short stuff

What does short stuff mean?
Short stuff means term of address for a child or small person.
What part of speech is short stuff?
Short stuff is a noun.

Words near short stuff in the dictionary

  1. short stops
  2. short stories
  3. short story
  4. short straddle
  5. short strokes
  6. short stuff
  7. short subject
  8. short subjects
  9. short sweetening
  10. short sword
  11. short swords

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