Meanings
verbcover shorts (third-person singular simple present covers shorts, present participle covering shorts, simple past and past participle covered shorts)
present singular third person covers shorts · participle present covering shorts · participle past covered shorts · past covered shorts
- businessTo buy in such stocks as have been sold short, in order to meet one's engagements, etc.
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APA
cover shorts. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cover%20shorts
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“cover shorts.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cover%20shorts. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cover shorts,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cover%20shorts.
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