Definitions for short-circuit

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short-circuit short-cir·cuit

Spelling: [shawrt-sur-kit]

IPA: /ˌʃɔrtˈsɜr kɪt/

Short-Circuit is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 497 anagrams from letters in short-circuit (-cchiiorrsttu).

Definitions for short-circuit

noun

1. an abnormal, usually unintentional condition of relatively low resistance between two points of different potential in a circuit, usually resulting in a flow of excess current.

verb (used with object)

1. Electricity. to make (an appliance, switch, etc.) inoperable by establishing a short circuit in. to carry (a current) as a short circuit.
2. to bypass, impede, hinder, or frustrate:

verb (used without object)

1. Electricity. to form a short circuit or become inoperable due to a short circuit.

Origin of short-circuit

First recorded in 1870-75

Examples for short-circuit

Direct contact with a Throg mind appears to short-circuit them.

And in an eon of lying they never have run up against a short-circuit like that.

There are 45 million people who have still got to choose and I am not going to short-circuit that.

This sort of sustained engagement can short-circuit racially triggered instances of the confirmation bias, wrote Dobbin.

The induced currents in the rod amounted to a short-circuit of the field.

Or do they perhaps utterly supplant and replace them and short-circuit their effects?

There had been a short-circuit on the copper mains in the station.

He may short-circuit some of them by means of Colonel House.

We cannot bluff Providence, or short-circuit things to our liking.

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