short stuff

noun

Term of address for a child or small person.

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Meanings

nounshort stuff (uncountable)

alternative shortstuff

  1. derogatoryinformalsometimesuncountableTerm of address for a child or small person.

    "Okay, short stuff," he said upon reaching the kitchen table where they'd started. "Time for bed. You too, Grace."

    2002, Sandra Steffen, Day by Day
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    Snarks cut in. "I know all about that sort of thing! And I can tell a demon from a phantom as well as the next magical creature!" "Yes," the Brownie replied. "But did you?" "Listen, short stuff!" Snarks was shouting now.

    1986, Craig Shaw Gardner, A Multitude of Monsters
  2. uncountableball gamesDeliveries that bounce relatively far from the batsman or batswoman.
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APA

short stuff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short%20stuff

MLA

“short stuff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short%20stuff. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “short stuff,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short%20stuff.

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