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PRONUNCIATION OF SHORT-CHANGER

short-changer  [ˌʃɔːtˈtʃeɪndʒə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHORT-CHANGER

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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Short-Changer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHORT-CHANGER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of short-changer in the English dictionary

The definition of short-changer in the dictionary is a person who gives the wrong change.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHORT-CHANGER


arranger
əˈreɪndʒə
autochanger
ˈɔːtəʊˌtʃeɪndʒə
bushranger
ˈbʊʃˌreɪndʒə
bushranging
ˈbʊʃˌreɪndʒə
changer
ˈtʃeɪndʒə
danger
ˈdeɪndʒə
deranger
dɪˈreɪndʒə
dog-in-the-manger
ˌdɒɡɪnðəˈmeɪndʒə
endanger
ɪnˈdeɪndʒə
estranger
ɪˈstreɪndʒə
exchanger
ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒə
Grainger
ˈɡreɪndʒə
granger
ˈɡreɪndʒə
hydrangea
haɪˈdreɪndʒə
interchanger
ˌɪntəˈtʃeɪndʒə
manger
ˈmeɪndʒə
moneychanger
ˈmʌnɪˌtʃeɪndʒə
ranger
ˈreɪndʒə
rearranger
ˌriːəˈreɪndʒə
stranger
ˈstreɪndʒə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHORT-CHANGER

short-acting
short-arse
short-change
short-circuit
short-cut
short-cutting
short-dated
short-day
short-eared owl
short-haired
short-handed
short-handedness
short-haul
short-life
short-lived
short-order
short-range
short-sighted
short-sightedly
short-sightedness

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHORT-CHANGER

anger
banger
Boulanger
clanger
cliffhanger
dog in the manger
Erlanger
etranger
Feuchtwanger
finger
flanger
forest ranger
ganger
handlanger
hanger
heat exchanger
langer
sanger
slanger
Stavanger
stranger danger

Synonyms and antonyms of short-changer in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «short-changer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHORT-CHANGER

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The translations of short-changer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «short-changer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

短换
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

corto cambiador
570 millions of speakers

English

short-changer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कम परिवर्तक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المغير القصير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

короткого чейнджер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

curto - trocador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বল্প চেঞ্জার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

court changeur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penukar pendek
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kurz Wechsler
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

短期チェンジャー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

짧은 체인저
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Short-changer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngắn đổi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறுகிய சேஞ்சர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शॉर्ट-चेंजर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kısa değiştirici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

short - changer
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zmieniarka krótkoterminowych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

короткого чейнджер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scurt -changer
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σύντομο - changer
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kort -wisselaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kort - växlare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

short -veksler
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of short-changer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHORT-CHANGER»

The term «short-changer» is barely ever used and occupies the 203.411 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about short-changer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHORT-CHANGER»

Discover the use of short-changer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to short-changer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Wings: A Novel of World War II Flygirls
“Butwhat Ididn't tell'em aboutwas me. My daddy wasa great salesman; I toldyou that. Well, he learned from the carnies. I knew the taste of cotton candy almost before I knew the taste of my momma's milk. Hewasa short-changer. Doyou know  ...
Karl Friedrich, 2011
2
Rebellion: Physics to Personal Will
Roberts and Sherrat (1999) showed in computer simulations that a strategy of “ open small and raise the stakes if matched” (RTS) invades selfish strategies and was superior to “cheater,” “give as good as you get (tit-for-tat),” “short-changer,” ...
James Brody, 2008
3
Dancing with the Devil: Confessions of an Undercover Agent
Stanley Morgan, another apparent short-changer, was shot eight times, his corpse left lying just a few doors down from a police station. One woman accused Nicky of personally stabbing her husband to death with a penknife. During the court ...
Louis Diaz, Neal Hirschfeld, 2011
4
The Wordsworth Thesaurus: For Home, Office and Study
... picaroon, rip-off rogue, shark, sharp, sharper, short-changer, snap swindle, swindler, trickery, trickster, welsher. check1 v. compare, confirm, examine, give the once-over, inspect, investigate, monitor, note, probe, research, scrutinize, study, ...
Wordsworth, William, 1993
5
Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950: Milestone Plays of Crime, ...
“Between the crude short-changer Oscar,” said Time magazine, “and his greatly aspiring sister is the difference between a rat and an eagle: not instinctive, but icily calculative, is their family sense: the same greed that divides them among ...
Amnon Kabatchnik, 2010
6
Fear No Evil (DEVOTIONAL)
Prayer: lord, carry me in your everlasting arms. october 27 the comPlete liFe A complete life dies empty god is not a short-changer; he is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him (hebrews 11;6). on the day Joshua died, he looked back at his  ...
Tobe Momah, 2013
7
Practical Guide to Labour Management
There are the chances that some of the employees may be short changer, lazy, work shirkers and often indulging in such activities which are not conducive to discipline, efficiency and productivity. The effective manager has a high degree of  ...
H.L. Kumar
8
Metrobiology - a Study of Life in the City
Monday, April 6, 2009 Daily Bible reading guide Morning: Joshua 2,3 Evening: Acts 8,9 THE COMPLETE LIFE A complete life dies empty God is not a short- changer; he is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him Hebrews 11;6). On the day ...
Tobe Momah, 2009
9
Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
short-changer noun. short circuit e» noun 1 electronics a connection across an electric circuit with a very low resistance, usually caused accidentally, eg by an insulation failure, which may damage electrical equipment or be a fire hazard.
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10
Poultry and Farm Supply World
A widely used piece of short change trickery consists of flashing a large bill conspicuously as a purchase is being made. The short changer gives the clerk or cashier numerous opportunities to see it as he stalls for time. Hidden directly beneath ...
‎1945

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHORT-CHANGER»

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Serial short-changer back in Velez-Malaga
Expats have taken to a Facebook forum to complain about a female cashier who repeatedly leaves them with incorrect change. Complaints of the light-fingered ... «Olive Press, Feb 15»

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