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short time

short time noun: a period of reduced workhours.

Noun

short time

  1. (human resources) A period of reduced workhours.
    Synonyms:
    reduced time
  2. (Southeast Asia) A meeting with a sex worker that usually ends when ejaculation is reached.
    • Ok, so what is short time? One young bar ladies’ explanation always comes to mind when asked this question. “You come, I go!” There it is, very simple!2022 February 8, “What do you prefer? Short time, good times, Long time, bad times”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 08 Dec 2022
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see short, time.

short time meaning in Tamil and Telugu

short time in Tamil

சிறுவரை

short time in Telugu

a short time, a moment
మాత్ర mātra

Synonyms of short time

Words formed from short time

Questions about short time

What does short time mean?
Short time means a period of reduced workhours.
What is short time in Tamil?
Short time in Tamil is சிறுவரை. See Short time meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is short time?
Short time is a noun.

Words near short time in the dictionary

  1. short tandem repeats
  2. short temper
  3. short tempers
  4. short term
  5. short terms
  6. short time
  7. short title
  8. short titles
  9. short ton
  10. short tons
  11. short track

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Adapted from Wiktionary: short time (page history and authors); short time (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); మాత్ర (Telugu) (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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