Meaning

noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

noun accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

noun the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-West Germanic *skurt Old English sċort Middle English schort English short From Middle English schort, short, from Old English sċeort, sċort (“short”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Doublet of shirt, skirt, and curt.…

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