[{"word":"shorting","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To cause a short circuit in (something).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To shortchange.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"This is the third time I’ve caught them shorting us."},{"definition":"To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To shorten.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/short","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shorting"]}]