shorting

shorting is the present participle and gerund of short.

Noun

shorting (countable and uncountable, plural shortings)

short selling
short circuit; outage
- […] rotted and cracked, and occasionally the water would seep through to the bare wires and cause shortings and electric fires.1969, Tighe, Donald J., Source idea technique: a writer's reader, Holbrook Press, page 126
- There was a signal station, an old Italian military relic, the equipment in it so dangerous, due to electrical shortings, that the Italian soldier who looked after it used to pray before he used it.1971, Hanley, Gerald, Warriors and strangers, Hamilton, page 9

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

(transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
- You should short the poles of the capacitor to discharge it before you work on it.
(intransitive) To short circuit.
(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.
(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.
(obsolete) To shorten.

plural	shortings

What does shorting mean?: Shorting means short selling.
What is shorting the present participle and gerund of?: Shorting is the present participle and gerund of short.
What part of speech is shorting?: Shorting is a noun.
What is the plural of shorting?: The plural of shorting is shortings.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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