text message; SMS

of short duration; brief; momentary

short pants; shorts

to send a text message

brief (statement, summary etc); briefly; brevity

short-term

(idiom) to make a long story short; to keep it brief

short term; short time

short circuit

shortage

to shorten; to reduce; to curtail

short film; video clip

short hair

unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death

phrase (grammar)

length; accident; mishap; right and wrong; good and bad; merits and demerits

dagger

to die young; short-lived

shortwave (radio)

to shorten; shortening

to defend sb (a relative, friend or oneself) despite knowing that that person is in the wrong

to expose sb's faults or shortcomings

brief (in time)

narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill); superficial

short position (finance)

short pass (in ball game)

short in time; fleeting; brief; gasping (breath); curt (tone of voice)

short-term loan

short play; sketch; skit; (neologism, attested by 2020) short-form video drama (esp. episodic videos made for mobile platforms, typically less than 5 minutes per episode)

clause

shortcoming; defect; fault; one's weak points

good prospects in the short term (finance)

to be short of the full amount

temporary job; odd job; seasonal worker

brachydactylism (genetic abnormality of short or missing fingers)

short piece; article; short essay

short stave of the barrel (which allows the contents to escape); (fig.) shortcoming; weak point

to fall short in one's payments; to lack; to be short of

ballad

narrow and shallow

short range

poor prospects in the short term (finance)

piccolo

brief

stocky (short and robust)

short term

the winter solstice

short garment; short jacket

short sleeves; short-sleeved shirt