shortcut

Other spellings

• short cut
• short-cut

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: short‧cut

Noun

Singular shortcut

Plural shortcuts

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

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

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

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