short circuit - Longman Dictionary

short circuitˌshort ˈcircuit ; TEEa failure of an electrical system, caused by bad wires or a fault in a connection in the wires ... shortcircuitFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishRelatedtopics:Electricalshortcircuitˌshortˈcircuitnoun[countable]    TEEafailureofanelectricalsystem,causedbybadwiresorafaultinaconnectioninthewiresExamplesfromtheCorpusshortcircuit•CapacitorC2isincludedtoreducethegainatd.c.tounitywhilstappearingasashortcircuittoa.c.signals.•TherewasashortcircuitWednesdaynightonthesideoftheCalStateNorthridgegymwherethescoreboardiscontrolled.•Andthat'sdespitethefacttheyhaveattractedthebestshortcircuitentryoftheyear.•Anelectricalshortcircuitstartedthefire,theythink.•Thereisnoshortcuttohumanfulfillmentformen-justtheshortcircuitofimpotence.•PedantryandintellectualtheorisingwerenotBasil'sstock-in-trade;allsuch,heseemedtoshortcircuit.•Thefirewasreportedtohavebeencausedbyawiringshortcircuit.Relatedtopics:Electricalshort-circuitshort-ˈcircuitverb    1[intransitive,transitive]TEEtohaveashortcircuitorcauseashortcircuitinsomething2[transitive]FAST/QUICKtogetsomethingdonewithoutgoingthroughtheusuallongmethodsSYNbypass  Ishort-circuitedthewholeprocessbyasimpletelephonecall.→SeeVerbtableExamplesfromtheCorpusshort-circuit•Youcanshort-circuitallthecomplicatedmessagesbypressing0. Exercises Exercises Vocabularyexerciseshelpyoutolearnsynonyms,collocationsandidioms. IntermediateandAdvancedlevelgrammarpracticewithprogresstests. Listeningandpronunciation,exampreparationandmore! Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Organizations Linguistics Theatre Temperature Seealltopics Wordoftheday ravine adeepnarrowvalleywithsteepsides Verbtableshort-circuitPresentI,you,we,theyshort-circuithe,she,itshort-circuits >ViewMore PastI,you,he,she,it,we,theyshort-circuitedPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhaveshort-circuitedhe,she,ithasshort-circuitedPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadshort-circuitedFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillshort-circuitFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhaveshort-circuited >ViewLess PresentIamshort-circuitinghe,she,itisshort-circuiting >ViewMore you,we,theyareshort-circuitingPastI,he,she,itwasshort-circuitingyou,we,theywereshort-circuitingPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhavebeenshort-circuitinghe,she,ithasbeenshort-circuitingPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadbeenshort-circuitingFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillbeshort-circuitingFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhavebeenshort-circuiting >ViewLess