short cut

Other spellings

• shortcut
• short-cut

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /'ʃɔːtkʌt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /'ʃɔrtkʌt/

• Audio (UK)

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• Hyphenation: short‧cut

Noun

Singular short cut

Plural short cuts

1. (countable) A short cut is an easier and/or faster way.

   We took the short cut on the way home so we could get there faster.

2. (computing) A short cut is a symlink (symbolic file link); an icon.

   I created a short cut for the program and placed it on the desktop.