Meanings
verbshort down (third-person singular simple present shorts down, present participle shorting down, simple past and past participle shorted down)
present singular third person shorts down · participle present shorting down · participle past shorted down · past shorted down
- informaltransitiveTo reduce the price of a stock by selling short.
- informalintransitivenonstandardTo turn off due to a malfunction.
- Synonym of shorten up.
Synonyms: shorten up
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of shorten up.
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short down. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short%20down
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“short down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short%20down. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “short down,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short%20down.
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