shorts

British  

/ ʃɔːts /

plural noun

1. trousers reaching the top of the thigh or partway to the knee, worn by both sexes for sport, relaxing in summer, etc

2. Usual Brit word: pants.  men's underpants that usually reach mid-thigh

3. short-dated gilt-edged securities

4. short-term bonds

5. securities or commodities that have been sold short

6. timber cut shorter than standard lengths

7. a livestock feed containing a large proportion of bran and wheat germ

8. items needed to make up a deficiency

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Example Sentences

"We ignored them, decided we didn't care, and continued wearing shorts."

From BBC

We shorted that security because the people over here were long, and when you looked at the combined positions of the firm, it bore out that we had longs and shorts.

From The Wall Street Journal

The nominated Oscar shorts come in three categories — and a lot of subjects, styles and temperaments.

From Los Angeles Times

Most humans can’t sustain that pace in gym shorts on a treadmill.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet when De Forest rented a theater in 1923 to demonstrate several sound shorts, studio heads showed no interest.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• bikini
• bra
• corset
• lingerie
• undergarment
• underpants
• undershirt