short-hand









short-hand


noun

  1. a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand).
  2. a simplified or makeshift manner or system of communication: We spoke in a kind of pidgin shorthand to overcome the language barrier.

adjective

  1. using or able to use shorthand.
  2. written in shorthand.
  3. of or relating to shorthand.

noun

    1. a system of rapid handwriting employing simple strokes and other symbols to represent words or phrases
    2. (as modifier)a shorthand typist
n.

method of rapid writing, 1636, from short (adj.) in the “rapid” sense + hand (n.) “handwriting.” Short-handed “having too few ‘hands’ ” is from 1794; the ice hockey sense is recorded from 1939.

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