Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

short sell

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English

Syllables
short- sell
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

short sells (present, singular) short selling (participle, present) short sold (participle, past) short sold (past)

Questions

What does short sell mean?
Alternative form of sell short.

How to pronounce short sell

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