Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or process of establishing a short circuit, as in electricity; in surgery, the establishment of a short circuit in any part of the alimentary canal.
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- verb Present participle of
short-circuit .
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Examples
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By short-circuiting overly predictable outcomes, we make more room for surprise, creativity, and mystery.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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These wisdom traditions knew that something needed to be done to keep trickster from short-circuiting or wiretapping your communication line with the holy.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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The legislation is the latest in a series of recent bills generally aimed at short-circuiting lawsuits from environmental groups opposed to seeing an end to federal wolf protections.
Wolf Legislation Would Exempt Gray Wolves In Rocky Mountains From Federal Protection AP 2010
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With Ford short-circuiting the well earned justice for Nixon, the Republican Party lived to breed far more evil figures than Nixon.
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One has to wonder about the possibility of replicating similar emotional expressions in real time, you know, like the lack of attentiveness given to matters of the heart, the short-circuiting of our feelings, the dis-ease we might experience as a result of having to spend too much time ruminating on stale "statuses" that have already provoked thought and emotion.
Darnell L. Moore: Techno-Affect: Feeling in the Age of New Media Darnell L. Moore 2011
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The legislation is the latest in a series of recent bills generally aimed at short-circuiting lawsuits from environmental groups opposed to seeing an end to federal wolf protections.
Wolf Legislation Would Exempt Gray Wolves In Rocky Mountains From Federal Protection AP 2010
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Do you propose short-circuiting the democratic process?
Policy in a Fog, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The legislation is the latest in a series of recent bills generally aimed at short-circuiting lawsuits from environmental groups opposed to seeing an end to federal wolf protections.
Wolf Legislation Would Exempt Gray Wolves In Rocky Mountains From Federal Protection AP 2010
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One certified progressive, Joe Klein, has had the courage to make the case against the unions' attempted short-circuiting of democracy, and for Walker's legislation.
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The legislation is the latest in a series of recent bills generally aimed at short-circuiting lawsuits from environmental groups opposed to seeing an end to federal wolf protections.
Wolf Legislation Would Exempt Gray Wolves In Rocky Mountains From Federal Protection AP 2010
hernesheir commented on the word short-circuiting
..."in surgery, the establishment of a short circuit in any part of the alimentary canal. --Century Dictionary
That must be painful, if not sure to leave a mark.
May 28, 2011
bilby commented on the word short-circuiting
Garn ya dirty dog, ya can shove it yer short circuit!
Not quite working for me. Yet.
May 28, 2011