Word family noun short shortage shortness shorts shorty adjective short verb shorten short adverb short shortly
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishshortyshort‧y /ˈʃɔːti $ ˈʃɔːrti/ noun (plural shorties) 1 SHORT PERSONused as an insulting name for someone who is not very tall2 [countable] informal a woman – used especially by people who play or listen to hip-hop music3 [countable] informal a baby – used especially by people who play or listen to hip-hop music Shawna says she’s gonna be having my shorty. 