A sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal) a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active; "ping your machine in the office" contact, usually in order to remind of something; "I'll ping my accountant--April 15 is nearing" make a short high-pitched sound; "the bullet pinged when they struck the car" sound like a car engine that is firing too early; "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded" hit with a pinging noise; "The bugs pinged the lamp shade"
Clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress" provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"
Marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him" tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust" lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking" less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short" not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton" (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory" not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience" low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack" (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss" primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months" in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it" at a disadvantage; "I was caught short" so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue" at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations" clean across; "the car's axle snapped short" without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash" quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed create a short circuit in cheat someone by not returning him enough money
Small case into which an object fits the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
Having surface roughness; "a textured wall of stucco"; "a rough-textured tweed"
A marking of a different color or texture from the background a kind or category; "businessmen of every stripe joined in opposition to the proposal" V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service; "they earned their stripes in Kuwait" a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material mark with stripes
A game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)