Reverse Dictionary: SHORT

ADJECTIVES
► BEEFY short and stout → Bk1911 Sc.
► BELSHIE fat and at the same time diminutive; fat and small or short → 19C Sc.
► BILSHIE short and stout; plump and thriving → 19C Sc.
► BIT short → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► BLOCKY of a person or animal: of solid build, stocky; short and stout → 1879
► BUNCHY chubby, short and stout → 1942 Amer. dial.
► BUNTY short in stature; short and squat → 1870 Amer. dial.
► BUTTY short → 20C Irish sl.
► CHAPO short, chubby, chunky → 1932 Amer. dial.
► CHUBBED chubby, short and thick → 1674 obs.
► CHUCK-UP short and stout → 1943 W. Indies
► CHUMPY short and thickset, small, stunted → 1880
► CHUNKED thick and short → Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
► CLUNCHY short, thick, and clumsy → 19C Eng. dial.
► COBBY of the nature of a cob (horse); short and thickset, stocky → 1871
► CUTTY short, or cut short → Scot & N. Eng. dial.
► DECURT short → 1623 obs.
► DODDIE ► DODDY small, tiny, low in stature → 1839 Eng. dial.
► DUBBY squat, short, dumpy → 1825 colloq. & Eng. dial.
► DUCK-LEGGED having unusually short legs → 1650
► DUMPTY short and stout → 1857
► DUMPY short and stout; deficient in length or stature → 1750
► FADGY corpulent, fat, unwieldy, short and thickset in person → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► FLUMPY short in person → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► FUN-SIZE of a person: short: small → 2012
► FUN-SIZED of a person: short: small → 2002
► GRAFF rough, sturdy, short, thickset → Bk1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GUDGIE short and thick, stout → 1825 Sc.
► GULPY short and fat → Bk1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GURKIE very thick and short → 1880 Sc.
► HAMMERED-DOWN stunted; short; wretched; worthless; insignificant → 1919 Amer. dial.
► HODDY-DODDY short and dumpy or clumsy; disproportionately stout; squat → 1824
► HODMANDOD short and clumsy, squat → 1825 Eng. dial.
► HUDGY thick, clumsy; short → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► HUMPTY short, thickset → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► HUMPTY-DUMPTY short and fat → 1785
► IMPROCEROUS low of stature, not tall → 1656 obs. rare
► JIMP short, scanty → a1513 Sc.
► KNEE HIGH TO A DUCK very short → Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
► KNEE-HIGH TO A GRASSHOPPER short in stature → Bk1905 Amer. dial.
► KNEE-HIGH TO A SCUPPER very short; very young → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LOGGY short and heavy-bodied → Bk1887 Eng. dial.
► LOW of a person: short, small in height → a1398
► LOW-BUILT of a person: short → 1906 Amer. dial.
► LOW-SET of a person: short → 1984 Amer. dial.
► NABBITY short in stature, but full grown: said of a diminutive female → B1900 Eng. dial.
► NUBBIE short and plump, dumpy → B1900 Sc.
► NUGGETY of people and animals: short, thickset, and strong; stocky → 1856 Aust. & NZ
► NUNTY stout or chubby, combined with shortness → 1876 Eng. dial.
► PODGY short or squat and fat → 1846 sl.
► PUDDY short, thickset; stumpy; podgy, pudgy → 1747 rare
► PUDGY short or squat and fat → 1836 sl.
► PUNCH short and thickset; squat, stout → 1679
► PUNCHY short and stout, thickset, squat, stumpy; having a large paunch → 1791
► QUADDY of a person: very broad, short and thick; squat → B1900 Eng. dial.
► RUNTY stunted, undersized; short, thickset → 1807 orig. Eng. dial. & US
► SACKETY of a person: like a stuffed sack, short and thickset; dumpy → 1825 Sc.
► SACKIE short and thick in physical build → 1825 Sc.
► SAWED-OFF short; legless → L19 sl.
► SAWN-OFF short; legless → L19 sl.
► SAWNY short; legless → L19 sl.
► SHORT AND THICK, LIKE A WELSHMAN’S PRICK said of a short person very broad in the beam → M19 sl.
► SHORT-ARSED short → c1870 colloq.
► SHORT-SET of short build, stumpy → 1883
► SPUDDY short and fat or plump; thickset → a1825
► STRUNTY short, stumpy, dwarfish, stunted → 1756 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► STUGGY of a person: stocky, thickset, stout, sturdy, strong; short and fat → 1847 Eng. dial.
► STUNTY stunted in growth, short in stature → 1828
► TAM short; dwarf → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► UNDERGROUND undergrown, short, dumpy → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► UNDERHANDED short, undersized, poorly developed → 1856 Eng. dial.

NOUNS
► DOCUS anything very short → 1825 Sc.
► DUCK DISEASE ► DUCK’S DISEASE shortness of stature, esp. applied to short legs → 1925 UK sl.
► DUCK-LEGS short legs → 1714
► GARRON anything short and thick of its kind → 1866 Sc.
► LONG-LITTLE something very short or small → 1653 obs.
► PUG a short or stumpy thing → M19 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PUNCHINESS a being short and stout; squatness → 1850
► SPUD a short or stumpy thing → 1688

NOUNS – PERSON
► BALLOCH a plump, short person; → Bk1898 Sc.
► BANTAM a very short British soldier; a short or small man → Bk1919 services’ sl.
► BARRELARSE a short and stubby person; a fat person → 2003 NZ sl.
► BARRELLIE a short, thick person → 1910 Sc. 
► BASIL-HAMPERS a person who, being short of stature, takes short steps, and does not proceed very quickly → Bk1855 Eng. dial.
► BEEF TRUST an obese or fat person → 1933 US sl.
► BEEFY a nickname for a short and stout person → 1905 Sc.
► BELGE a short, fat person; also, a term of disrespect → 1825 Sc. 
► BIFFY a nickname for a short, pursy fellow → Bk1905 Sc. 
► BILCH a fat, short person, or animal; a little, crooked, insignificant person → Bk1911 Sc. 
► BILGE a short, fat person; also, a term of disrespect → 1825 Sc. 
► BILSH a short, plump person; a thriving, stout person or animal → Bk1911 Sc. 
► BILT a short thickset or dumpy person → Bk1876 Sc.
► BODSIE a nickname for a short, thickset person → Bk1911 Sc.
► BROOMHILDA a short, unattractive woman → 1980s US college sl.
► BUNTY one who is short of stature → Bk1896 Amer. dial.
► CARLIE a little ‘carl’; a man short of stature → 1697 Sc.
► CHAPO a short, chubby person or horse → 1893 Amer. dial.
► CHUCK-UP MAN a short, stout person → 1943 W. Indies
► CUTTIE ► CUTTY a short, thickset girl → 1816 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DOBBET a short, stumpy little person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DOCUS someone very short → 19C Sc.
► DUCK-BUTT a short person, esp. someone with large posteriors → 1939  US sl.
► DUMP a short, stout person → 1840
► DUMPLING a little fat child or person; a short, stout person → 1617
► DUMPTY a short, stout person or thing → 1847
► DUMPY a short, stout person or animal → 1808
► DURGAN a person who is unusually small in stature, a short, thickset person → 1706 Eng. dial.
► DUSTY BUTT a short person → 1900s African-American sl.
► FADGE a short, thickset person; a fat, clumsy woman → 1750 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FIVE BY FIVE a very short, fat man → 1942 Amer. sl.
► FORTY FOOT a derisive term for a very short person → Bk1864 sl.
► GIMP a short, stout, well-built girl → 1949 Sc.
► GIMPIE a short, stout, well-built girl → 1915 Sc.
► GRUB a short, thickset fellow → 1400 contemptuous usage, obs.
► GRUNDY a short, fat person, usually of men → 1570 obs.
► GUDGE a short, thickset fellow; a strongly-made countryman → 1871 Sc.
► GUDGICK a short, thickset person → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GURK a short fat person → 1813 Sc.
► GURKIN a very fat, short person → 1866 Sc.
► HALF-A-MAN a short person → 1997 US sl.
► HALF-PINT a nickname for a short person → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► HALF-PINT MACK a nickname for a short person → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► HODDY-DODDY a short and dumpy or thickset person → a1553 obs.
► HOODY-DOODY a short stumpy person → B1900 Amer. cant
► HUMPTY-DUMPTY a short, dumpy, hump-shouldered person → 1785
► JACK SPRAT a dwarfish, undersized person; a little fellow; a diminutive boy or man; a nickname for a short person; a dwarf → c1570 
► LACATAN a short, stoutish person → 1950s W. Indies
► LAIGHIE-BRAID a person having a short, thick body; any animal having short legs and a thick body → Bk1902 Sc.
► LITTLE BILL a nickname for a short person → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► LITTLE SHORTY a nickname for a short person → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► LONG-ATTACHMENT a tall man and a short woman walking together → Bk1903 sl.
► MOODIEWORT a short dark person with a profusion of hair; also a term  applied to children → 1899 Sc.
► MOTHER BUNCH a short, stout girl → 1899 Amer. dial.
► MOULDYWARP a short dark person with a profusion of hair; also a term  applied to children → 1899 Sc.
► MR. FIVE BY FIVE a very short, fat man → 1942 Amer. sl.
► NAT a person of short stature, esp. one of short temper → 1873 Sc. & N. Ireland
► NIPPER a small, short person → 1959 sl.
► NUGGET a short person with a large belly → 1825 Sc.
– a short, thickset or muscular person → c1890 Aust. colloq.
► PAWCHLIE a stupid person, a simpleton; a silly person of low stature → 1824 Sc. 
► PODGE a short, fat person, esp. a chubby child → L19 sl.
► PODGY a short, fat person → 1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PUDGE a short, squat person; anything both short and thick → 1808 colloq. & Eng. dial.
► PUG a short or stumpy person or thing; a dwarf → M19 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PUNCH a short fat person → 1669
► PUNCHINELLO a short, stout person; a clownish person → 1669
► RUNT a short person of thickset build; a small or undersized person → 1699
► SACKET a short dumpy person → 1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SACKIE ► SACKY a short dumpy person → 1824 Sc.
► SAND-DUSTER a short person → 1953 US sl.
► SAWED-OFF a short person → 1883 sl.
► SCREIGH a lean person with a shrill voice, and generally of short stature → Bk1904 Sc.
► SHORT-ARSE a short person → c1890 colloq.
► SHORTY a nickname for a short person → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► SHRIMP a short person → Bk1974 Amer. sl.
► SPROUT a short, young person → Bk1995 US sl.
► SPUD a short or stumpy person or thing → 1688
► SQUAB a short fat person → a1700 
► SQUIRT a short or small person, esp. an insignificant, contemptible little male → 1839 US sl.
► STUMP-OF-THE-GUTTER a short, squat, dumpy person → 1764 sl.
► THRUGGIL a short, stunted person; a dwarf → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► TOM THUMB a nickname for a short person → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► TRUB-TAIL a little or short, squat woman → 1706 obs.
► WALLIE ► WALLY a short, fat person → 1932 Amer. students’ sl.
► WALRUS a short, fat person → 1932 Amer. sl. 
► WARTY a nickname for a short person → Bk1942 Amer. sl.

PHRASES
► ABOUT AS HIGH AS THREE PENNYWORTH OF COPPERS said of very short persons → E20