'Short-circuit' definitions:
Definition of 'short-circuit'
(from WordNet)
verb
Hamper the progress of; impede; "short-circuit warm feelings"
verb
Create a short circuit in [syn: short-circuit, short]
verb
Avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!" [syn: bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around]
Definition of 'Short-circuit'
From: GCIDE
- Short-circuit \Short"-cir`cuit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Short-circuited; p. pr. & vb. n. Short-circuiting.] (Elec.) To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance. [1913 Webster]