Answer to "Abbreviated" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHORT , but the solution may also be CUTSHORT which is one of the most recent solution (2005 in New York Times).

Abbreviated crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SHORT	40 %	5
CUTSHORT	40 %	8
CURT	20 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Abbreviated

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• brief
• short
• truncated
• shortened
• succinct
• concise
• summary
• abridged
• compendium
• abstract
• edited
• synthesis

Crossword Answer definitions

SHORT noun

1. A short circuit.
2. A short film.
3. A short version of a garment in a particular size.
4. A shortstop.
5. A short seller.
6. A short sale.
7. A summary account.
8. A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
9. An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
10. An automobile; especially in crack shorts, to break into automobiles.

SHORT verb

1. To cause a short circuit in (something).
2. Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
3. To shortchange.
4. To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
5. 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.
6. To shorten.

SHORT adjective

1. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
2. (of a person) Of comparatively small height.
3. Having little duration.
4. (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
5. (of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.
6. (of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.
7. (of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.
8. (of pastries) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of a large quantity of fat. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening.)
9. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
10. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
11. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
12. Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
13. Undiluted; neat.
14. Not distant in time; near at hand.
15. Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.

SHORT adverb

1. Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
2. Unawares.
3. Without achieving a goal or requirement.
4. (of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
5. With a negative ownership position.

SHORT preposition

1. Deficient in.
2. Having a negative position in.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result SHORT

• Comedian Martin ___
• Wiring problem
• Strapped for cash
• Knee-high to a grasshopper
• Funnyman Martin
• Lacking a quorum
• Like some tempers
• Lacking sufficient funds
• Unlike a shaggy-dog story
• Word before bread or cake

More clues leading to the result CUTSHORT

• Terminate early
• Abbreviated
• Curtail, as a visit
• Interrupt.
• Stop abruptly.
• End abruptly
• Abbreviate
• Stop before the end

More clues leading to the result CURT

• Rudely brief
• Brusque
• Abbreviated
• Hardly windy
• To the point
• Of few words
• Snappish
• On the short side?
• Hardly garrulous
• Clipped (or the start of an Air Force general's split personality)