short-run
[shawrt-ruhn]
adjective
happening or presented for a short period of time: a short-run motion picture.
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RELATED WORDS
fleeting, ephemeral, brief, transitory, temporary, short-term, momentary, evanescent, fly-by-night, fugitive, impermanent, passing, quick, short, transient, fugacious, deciduous, short-haul
Nearby words
- short-laid,
- short-list,
- short-lived,
- short-order,
- short-range,
- short-sheet,
- short-sighted,
- short-sleeve,
- short-spoken,
- short-staffed
Origin of short-run
First recorded in 1935–40
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019