SHORTCUT


Meaning of SHORTCUT in English

I. noun Date: 1637 a route more direct than the one ordinarily taken, a method or means of doing something more directly and quickly than and often not so thoroughly as by ordinary procedure , II. verb (-cut; -cutting) Date: 1915 transitive verb to shorten (as a route or procedure) by use of a ~, intransitive verb to take or use a ~

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