short-changev.

Etymology: < short change: see short adj. 15a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: short-ˈchange.

Originally U.S.

transitive. To rob by giving insufficient change. Also figurative, to deprive (a person) of his due; to cheat, deceive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle

defraud1362

deceivec1380

plucka1500

lurch1530

defeata1538

souse1545

lick1548

wipe1549

fraud1563

use1564

cozen1573

nick1576

verse1591

rooka1595

trim1600

skelder1602

firk1604

dry-shave1620

fiddle1630

nose1637

foista1640

doa1642

sharka1650

chouse1654

burn1655

bilk1672

under-enter1692

sharp1699

stick1699

finger1709

roguea1714

fling1749

swindle1773

jink1777

queer1778

to do over1781

jump1789

mace1790

chisel1808

slang1812

bucket1819

to clean out1819

give it1819

to put in the hole1819

ramp1819

sting1819

victimize1839

financier1840

gum1840

snakea1861

to take down1865

verneuk1871

bunco1875

rush1875

gyp1879

salt1882

daddle1883

work1884

to have (one) on toast1886

slip1890

to do (a person) in the eye1891

sugar1892

flay1893

to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895

con1896

pad1897

screw1900

short-change1903

to do in1906

window dress1913

ream1914

twist1914

clean1915

rim1918

tweedle1925

hype1926

clip1927

take1927

gazump1928

yentz1930

promote1931

to take (someone) to the cleaners1932

to carve up1933

chizz1948

stiff1950

scam1963

to rip off1969

to stitch up1970

skunk1971

to steal (someone) blind1974

diddle-

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle > by giving short change or weight

short-change1903

short-weight1932

1903 G. Ade People you Know 30 Brad was out in the back Townships short-changing the Farmers.

1923 H. L. Foster Beachcomber in Orient xii. 308 A tourist is cheated and short-changed so often in the East [etc.].

1928 L. North Parasites 304 The girl at the cash-register short-changed him.

1946 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 14 Feb. 4/1 Henry C. Clausen..told Pearl Harbor investigators tonight that the Navy in the South Pacific was ‘short-changing’ the Army right up to the latter months of the war on the information it received from decoding Japanese messages.

1958 Photoplay Oct. 33/2 As a child, I felt that life had short-changed me.

1959 J. Braine Vodi vii. 108 He'd never bought a drink for a barmaid in his life; he said that..the bitches always short-changed you anyway.

1964 D. Francis Nerve i. 9 He probably shot himself because that whey-faced bitch short-changed him in bed.

1978 J. A. Michener Chesapeake 788 My mom and pop have worked fourteen hours a day, six days a week for more than fifty years... From birth to death they've been short-changed.

Derivatives

short-ˈchanged adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [adjective] > defrauded

choused1682

cheated1709

trepanned1824

ripped1971

short-changed1976

1976 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Nanny Bird i. 14 The cultural circuit for short-changed minorities.

short-ˈchanger n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > one who gives short change

hyper1914

short-changer1920

hype1926

note-layer1928

1920 C. R. Cooper Under Big Top 205 The gambling and the graft of the side shows, the short-changers in the ‘connection’, the constant form of Temptation ever beckoning!

short-ˈchanging n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > by giving short change

short-changing1914

1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 41 Gyp,..the act of short-changing; a defrauding by substitution; an action that belies a professed sincerity.

1962 A. Lurie Love & Friendship xiv. 278 Short-changing in the stores.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	short-change
释义	short-changev. Etymology: < short change: see short adj. 15a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: short-ˈchange. Originally U.S. transitive. To rob by giving insufficient change. Also figurative, to deprive (a person) of his due; to cheat, deceive. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle defraud1362 deceivec1380 plucka1500 lurch1530 defeata1538 souse1545 lick1548 wipe1549 fraud1563 use1564 cozen1573 nick1576 verse1591 rooka1595 trim1600 skelder1602 firk1604 dry-shave1620 fiddle1630 nose1637 foista1640 doa1642 sharka1650 chouse1654 burn1655 bilk1672 under-enter1692 sharp1699 stick1699 finger1709 roguea1714 fling1749 swindle1773 jink1777 queer1778 to do over1781 jump1789 mace1790 chisel1808 slang1812 bucket1819 to clean out1819 give it1819 to put in the hole1819 ramp1819 sting1819 victimize1839 financier1840 gum1840 snakea1861 to take down1865 verneuk1871 bunco1875 rush1875 gyp1879 salt1882 daddle1883 work1884 to have (one) on toast1886 slip1890 to do (a person) in the eye1891 sugar1892 flay1893 to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895 con1896 pad1897 screw1900 short-change1903 to do in1906 window dress1913 ream1914 twist1914 clean1915 rim1918 tweedle1925 hype1926 clip1927 take1927 gazump1928 yentz1930 promote1931 to take (someone) to the cleaners1932 to carve up1933 chizz1948 stiff1950 scam1963 to rip off1969 to stitch up1970 skunk1971 to steal (someone) blind1974 diddle- the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle > by giving short change or weight short-change1903 short-weight1932 1903 G. Ade People you Know 30 Brad was out in the back Townships short-changing the Farmers. 1923 H. L. Foster Beachcomber in Orient xii. 308 A tourist is cheated and short-changed so often in the East [etc.]. 1928 L. North Parasites 304 The girl at the cash-register short-changed him. 1946 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 14 Feb. 4/1 Henry C. Clausen..told Pearl Harbor investigators tonight that the Navy in the South Pacific was ‘short-changing’ the Army right up to the latter months of the war on the information it received from decoding Japanese messages. 1958 Photoplay Oct. 33/2 As a child, I felt that life had short-changed me. 1959 J. Braine Vodi vii. 108 He'd never bought a drink for a barmaid in his life; he said that..the bitches always short-changed you anyway. 1964 D. Francis Nerve i. 9 He probably shot himself because that whey-faced bitch short-changed him in bed. 1978 J. A. Michener Chesapeake 788 My mom and pop have worked fourteen hours a day, six days a week for more than fifty years... From birth to death they've been short-changed. Derivatives short-ˈchanged adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [adjective] > defrauded choused1682 cheated1709 trepanned1824 ripped1971 short-changed1976 1976 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Nanny Bird i. 14 The cultural circuit for short-changed minorities. short-ˈchanger n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > one who gives short change hyper1914 short-changer1920 hype1926 note-layer1928 1920 C. R. Cooper Under Big Top 205 The gambling and the graft of the side shows, the short-changers in the ‘connection’, the constant form of Temptation ever beckoning! short-ˈchanging n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > by giving short change short-changing1914 1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 41 Gyp,..the act of short-changing; a defrauding by substitution; an action that belies a professed sincerity. 1962 A. Lurie Love & Friendship xiv. 278 Short-changing in the stores. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1903
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