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short u's

short u's is the plural of short u.

Meaning of short u

Noun

short u (plural short ues or short u's)

  1. The vowel sound /ʌ/, as in the words "cut" and "run". (The presence of a short vowel is sometimes signaled in spelling by the doubling of a consonant after it, such as in rebutting as contrasted with refuting.)
    Antonyms:
    long u

Questions about short u's

What is short u's the plural of?
Short u's is the plural of short u.

Words near short u's in the dictionary

  1. short tracks
  2. short trousers
  3. short twentieth centuries
  4. short twentieth century
  5. short u
  6. short u's
  7. short ues
  8. short view
  9. short vowel
  10. short vowels
  11. short wave

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Adapted from Wiktionary: short u's (page history and authors); short u (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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