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shorty
[ shawr-tee ]
noun
- a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- a garment designed to be of short length, as a hospital bed jacket.
- Also ·ٲ []. Slang.
- a girl or woman:
We watched the shorties on the dance floor, all lookin' so fine.
- a girlfriend or sweetheart:
Me and my shorty went to that new club over on Ninth last night; what a scene!
adjective
- noting a garment designed to be of short length:
a shorty nightgown; shorty pajamas.
Example Sentences
Shorty before Harris appeared at the gathering, the group’s leader had women speak about meaningful moments during their lunchtime conversations.
Scotland got on the board with a penalty from player of the match Helen Nelson and looked to have taken the lead shorty after from a five metre lineout.
So too did actors who showed up not knowing their lines - notably John Travolta, who Hackman clashed with on the set of 1995 film Get Shorty, which Sonnenfeld directed.
In Get Shorty, Hackman starred alongside Travolta, who plays a Miami mobster sent to collect a debt.
His film career spanned more than 40 years and nearly 80 films, including “The Conversation,” “The Poseidon Adventure,” “Superman,” “Hoosiers,” “Twice in a Lifetime,” “No Way Out,” “Mississippi Burning,” “The Firm,” “Crimson Tide,” “Get Shorty,” “The Birdcage” and “Absolute Power.”
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