shorted

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
   • You should short the poles of the capacitor to discharge it before you work on it.
2. (intransitive) To short circuit.
3. (informal, transitive) To provide with an amount smaller than that agreed or labeled; to shortchange.
   • This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.
4. (transitive) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
5. (obsolete) To shorten.

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