shorter

1. comparativecomparative form of short: more short.

   There are two routes to get there. We're in a rush so we'll take the shorter one.

   1 more example

   Basingstoke-Exeter will test this. From Salisbury westwards, it's largely single-track since British Rail downgraded it in 1967. There's a ten-mile loop between Templecombe and Yeovil, as well as shorter loops at Chard, Axminster and Honiton.

   2025 February 5, Philip Haigh, “Where track and train integration will be put to the test”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 51

plural shorters

1. colloquialA short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling.
2. UKobsoleteslangOne who makes a dishonest profit by clipping and filing coins.

   My grandfather, as I said before, was connected with a gang of shorters, and sometimes shortened money, […]

   1858, George Borrow, The Romany Rye, volume 2, page 128

plural Shorters

1. countableuncountableA surname.
2. countableuncountableA town in Macon County, Alabama, United States.