short-cut

A form of shortcut — A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.

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Meanings

nounshort-cut (plural short-cuts)

plural short-cuts

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of shortcut.
verbshort-cut (third-person singular simple present short-cuts, present participle short-cutting, simple past and past participle short-cut)

present singular third person short-cuts · participle present short-cutting

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of shortcut.

    Boats, too, could be dragged overland, short-cutting the voyage from the Clyde to the Western Isles.

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 372, about Tarbert, Kintyre
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APA

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

MLA

“short-cut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short-cut. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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