SHORTCUT


Meaning of SHORTCUT in English

[short.cut] n (1637) 1: a route more direct than the one ordinarily taken

2: a method of doing something more directly and quickly than and often not so thoroughly as by ordinary procedure

[2]shortcut vb -cut ; -cut.ting vt (1915): to shorten (as a route or procedure) by use of a shortcut; also: circumvent ~ vi: to take or use a shortcut

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