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shorting down

shorting down is the present participle and gerund of short down.

Meaning of short down

Verb

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

  1. (informal, transitive) To reduce the price of a stock by selling short.
  2. (informal, intransitive, nonstandard) To turn off due to a malfunction.
  3. Synonym of shorten up.
    Synonyms:
    shorten up

Questions about shorting down

What is shorting down the present participle and gerund of?
Shorting down is the present participle and gerund of short down.

Words near shorting down in the dictionary

  1. shortias
  2. shortie
  3. shorties
  4. shortify
  5. shorting
  6. shorting down
  7. shorting out
  8. shortings
  9. shortish
  10. shortite
  11. Shortland

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