shortcut

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: Shortcut, short-cut, and short cut

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From short +‎ cut.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

shortcut (plural shortcuts)

  1. A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.
  2. A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps.
    • 2021 November 3, “Network News: EMR changes claims process”, in RAIL, number 943, page 15:
      East Midlands Railway is introducing new shortcuts for claiming compensation in the event of late-running services.
  3. (computing, in the Microsoft family of operating systems) A file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it.
    There are shortcuts to some of my favourite applications on my desktop.
  4. (computing) Short for keyboard shortcut.

Derived terms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]

See also

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

shortcut (third-person singular simple present shortcuts, present participle shortcutting, simple past and past participle shortcutted or shortcut)

  1. To take or use a shortcut

Derived terms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]

Anagrams

[edit]