2. Noun. (informal) A term of endearment for a child, younger sibling, shorter person, etc. ¹
3. Noun. (slang hip-hop) An attractive young female, especially: a girl who is "down", who is counted among close male friends and sometimes loose sexually; '''or''', one's "girl", one's "boo"; '''or''', a girl that a male does not know but wishes to meet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shorty
1. one that is short [n SHORTIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shorty
Literary usage of Shorty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Corporal Si Klegg and His "pard". by Wilbur F. Hinman (1887)
"The sergeant cursed the guards who had permitted the prisoners to escape, and
while they were making up their minds what to do, Si and shorty were speeding ..."
2. The Apprenticeship Writings of Frank Norris, 1896-1898 by Frank Norris (1996)
"All at once shorty saw the flash of a red muscled arm, he threw forward his ...
shorty pushed his man from him, the heel of his glove upon his face. ..."
3. The Boy Scouts' Year Book by Boy Scouts of America (1921)
"The next time I saw shorty was in August. We were gathering the horses for the
... The night before we left the home camp, shorty rode in with a mount of ..."
4. The Works of Theodore Roosevelt by Theodore Roosevelt (1906)
"shorty and Skip, who always trotted after the horses while the hounds were in
... Both shorty and Skip could climb trees, and although Skip was too light to ..."
5. Desert Dancing: Exploring the Land, the People, the Legends of the by Len Wilcox (2000)
"From Beatty to Ballarat • On the Trail of shorty Harris Beatty, Nevada, is nestled
between desert mountains along the main route between Las Vegas and Reno. ..."
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