short-cut

[ shawrt-kuht ]

verb (used with object)

, short-cut, short-cut·ting.

1. to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.

verb (used without object)

, short-cut, short-cut·ting.

1. to use or take a shortcut.

short cut

noun

1. a route that is shorter than the usual one
2. a means of saving time or effort

verb

1. intr to use a short cut

Other Words From

• short-cutter noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of short-cut¹

First recorded in 1560–70

Word History and Origins

Origin of short-cut¹

C16: from cut (in the sense: a direct route)

Example Sentences

First, Obama offered that there is “no short-cut to democracy” and that he could not utilize executive orders to bypass Congress.

From The Daily Beast

But at least the illusion of a short-cut to individual and national wealth has been dispelled.

From The Daily Beast

Short Cut pointed, but the girl was already fingering the fringes of his bulletproof vest.

From The Daily Beast

The guy looked over his shoulder, and Zero and Short Cut stopped.

From The Daily Beast

At the corner of Gates and Bedford, Short Cut, who was several yards ahead of us, held up his fist.

From The Daily Beast

I made a short cut across the graveyard of Saint Francis, or I must have met the escort.

From Project Gutenberg

From Suessula, too, there was a short cut to the Via Appia before it actually entered the mountains.

From Project Gutenberg

The frigate sailed into a side channel, thinking it would find a short-cut and so head them off.

From Project Gutenberg

His luggage was following in a hand-cart, and he was taking the short cut through the Priory gardens.

From Project Gutenberg

When the big mountaineer took the short cut through Mutton Hollow, he thought to get well past the ranch before the light failed.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• avenue
• course
• direction
• itinerary
• journey
• line
• passage
• road
• track
• trail
• way