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noun Movies.
a short film, as a documentary or travelogue, shown as part of a program with a feature-length film.
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Also called short.

Origin of short subject

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby short subject

short squeeze, short-staffed, shortstop, short story, short straw, short subject, short sweetening, short-tailed shearwater, short-tailed shrew, short-tempered, short-term
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British Dictionary definitions for short subject

short subject
noun
mainly US a short film, esp one presented between screenings of a feature film
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