shortstop
English
noun
Definitions
- (baseball) The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman.
- (figuratively) A nimble defender.
- (gambling) A player who is short of money.
Etymology
Compound from English short (brittle, of pastry) + English stop.
Origin
English
stop
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Shorty English
- antishort English
- autostop English
- backstop English
- beamstop English
- bookstop English
- checkstop English
- doorstop English
- e-stop English
- firestop English
- forstop English
- ground stop English
- helistop English
- instop English
- megashort English
- misstop English
- multistop English
- non-stop English
- nonstop English
- pit stop English
- ripstop English
- rockstop English
- short English
- short fetched English
- short-fetched English
- short-legged English
- short-lived English
- short-tailed hawk English
- shortage English
- shortarse English
- shortboard English
- shortbow English
- shortbread English
- shortcake English
- shortchange English
- shortclothes English
- shortcode English
- shortcrust English
- shortcut English
- shorten English
- shortfall English
- shortfalling English
- shortfetched English
- shortfic English
- shortfin English
- shortform English
- shortgown English
- shortgrass English
- shorth English
- shorthair English
- shorthaired English
- shorthand English
- shorthanded English
- shorthead English
- shorthold English
- shorthorn English
- shortie English
- shortify English
- shortish English
- shortleaf English
- shortline English
- shortly English
- shortness English
- shortnose English
- shortsea English
- shortsheet English
- shortsome English
- shortsword English
- shorttail English
- shortwall English
- shortward English
- shortwards English
- shortwave English
- shortwing English
- shorty English
- stop English
- stop-tap English
- stopband English
- stopbank English
- stopblock English
- stopboard English
- stopcheck English
- stopcock English
- stopgap English
- stopless English
- stoplight English
- stopover English
- stoppable English
- stoppage English
- stopped English
- stopper English
- stoppest English
- stoppeth English
- stoppie English
- stopple English
- stopsign English
- stopstreet English
- stopwatch English
- stopword English
- supershort English
- tramstop English
- ultrashort English
- unstop English
- unstoppability English
- waterstop English
- whistlestop English
- shortata Finnish
- stop Hungarian
- short Italian
- stop Italian
- stoppare Italian
- auto-stop French
- autostop French
- short French
- shortstop French
- stop French
- стоп Russian
- shortstop Spanish, Castilian
- stop Spanish, Castilian
- stop Portuguese
- *stuppōną Proto-Germanic
- ショート Japanese
- ショートストップ Japanese
- ストップ Japanese
- schort Middle English
- stoppen Middle English
- stop Irish
- στοπ Greek (modern)
- stopio Welsh
- stop Latvian
- stopohem Albanian
- short Chinese
- 秀逗 Chinese
- sotpela Tok Pisin
- stap Tok Pisin
- stapim Tok Pisin
- stoppen Low German
- stoppar Interlingua
- stop
- short
- Shorty
- shorth
- instop
- shorty
- unstop
- e-stop
- shorten
- stopped
- shortly
- stopper
- ripstop
- shortie
- stopple
- misstop
- stopgap
- forstop
- stoppie
- nonstop
- shortfic
- non-stop
- stopband
- stopcock
- shortage
- doorstop
- helistop
- rockstop
- shortish
- backstop
- tramstop
- stopword
- shortbow
- shortfin
- firestop
- bookstop
- stoppage
- shortify
- pit stop
- autostop
- stoppeth
- stopbank
- beamstop
- stop-tap
- stoppest
- shortcut
- stopless
- stopsign
- stopover
- shortsea
- shortfall
- shortwall
- shortness
- antishort
- shorthold
- checkstop
- stopblock
- shortnose
- stoppable
- shortarse
- multistop
- shortsome
- waterstop
- megashort
- shortward
- shortcake
- shorthair
- stopcheck
- shortcode
- shortwave
- shortform
- shorttail
- shortgown
- stopwatch
- shorthorn
- shortwing
- stoplight
- shorthead
- shorthand
- shortleaf
- shortline
- stopboard
- shortbread
- shortsheet
- stopstreet
- shortwards
- shortboard
- supershort
- shortcrust
- shortgrass
- shortsword
- ultrashort
- shortchange
- ground stop
- whistlestop
- shorthaired
- short-lived
- shorthanded
- shortclothes
- shortfetched
- short-legged
- shortfalling
- short fetched
- short-fetched
- unstoppability
- short-tailed hawk