shorter

adjective

1. 1

   Also a form of shortcomparative form of short: more short.

   There are two routes to get there. We're in a rush so we'll take the shorter one.

   Basingstoke-Exeter will test this. From Salisbury westwards, it's largely single-track since British Rail downgraded it in 1967. There's a ten-mile loop between Templecombe and Yeovil, as well as shorter loops at Chard, Axminster and Honiton.

noun

1. 1

   A short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling.

2. 2

   obsoleteOne who makes a dishonest profit by clipping and filing coins.

   My grandfather, as I said before, was connected with a gang of shorters, and sometimes shortened money, […]

Forms

plural

shorters