short-cut
verb (used with object)
to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
short-cut
American
[shawrt-kuht]
/ ˈʃɔrtˌkʌt /
verb (used with object)
short-cut,
short-cutting
verb (used without object)
short-cut,
short-cutting
short cut
British
noun
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a route that is shorter than the usual one
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a means of saving time or effort
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of short-cut
First recorded in 1560–70
Example Sentences
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Let’s try the Expedia plug-in as a short-cut.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
I wouldn't recommend serving with a short-cut pasta, though.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2022
He says there is a normal system for the court to rule on Holyrood bills, which the lord advocate has sought to short-cut.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2022
“Let’s see if we can short-cut that time as much as possible and make Aston Martin successful next season.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
“There be things that’s evil in these woods tonight. I seed evil apassin’ my place a while ago, cornin’ in from the short-cut road to town and reelin’ in the saddle.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
Such a short cut could allow Chinese companies to catch up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Taking a short cut on the long walk to school, she stumbles on a pond in a wooded area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
You can buy it ready made in a jar or even a box, off the grocery store shelf or use an equally accessible powdered packet as a short cut.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2025
“There are times when people react and think that government actions can be a short cut to getting things done,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023
Her hair was short, cut above her shoulders, as one of those consequences.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
So you can do it my short-cutting home cook's way, just know that when you do, a small part of a hard-working pastry chef's soul will die along with your sloppy swirls.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2023
Some developers are running safety and efficacy trials in tandem, instead of sequentially, as is typical, and short-cutting traditional testing protocols.
From Reuters ● Apr. 25, 2020
It’s full of technologists who grow crops in buildings instead of outdoors, short-cutting the need to prematurely harvest produce for a bumpy ride often thousands of miles to consumers in colder climes.
From Washington Times ● May 10, 2018
And they warn that short-cutting the traditional clinical-trial process could make it more difficult to tell whether GM604 really works.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2015
He has done this short-cutting by revolutionary changes in types of energy coming from outside his physical body.
From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Scott Nearing
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