short sheet

A form of short-sheet — To play a prank by folding someone's bed sheets to make the space for lying in the bed unusably short.

Meanings

verbshort sheet (third-person singular simple present short sheets, present participle short sheeting, simple past and past participle short sheeted)

present singular third person short sheets · participle present short sheeting · participle past short sheeted · past short sheeted

  1. alternativeAlternative form of short-sheet.
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APA

short sheet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short%20sheet

MLA

“short sheet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short%20sheet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “short sheet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short%20sheet.

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