Shortcut

What do we mean by shortcut?

A more direct route than the customary one. noun

A means of saving time or effort. noun

A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths. noun

A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps. noun

A symlink (symbolic file link); especially, one that appears as an icon. noun

A keyboard shortcut - a combination of keystrokes that provides easier access to a command or operation noun

A route shorter than the usual one noun

A path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths.

A method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps.

(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.

A keyboard shortcut: a combination of keystrokes that provides easier access to a command or operation.

1. A more direct route than the customary one. 2. A means of saving time or effort. Urban Dictionary

When your watching tv and it goes from one show to the next Urban Dictionary

The longest distance between two points. Urban Dictionary

A shortcut that in the end proves almost no purpose. It is either so ridiculous that no one would ever use it, or it only saves a person one minute in a three hour car drive. Urban Dictionary

Jersey Shortcut – Second man in; or to “swoop” in on a situation where your buddy has already engaged in conversation with one or more women. It is not necessarily one’s intention to distract the girl your buddy is talking to, or to “CB” him, but to engage her friend in conversation as the “ice” has already been broken by your buddy. If, in fact, the girl your buddy is talking to seems more interested in you than him, it is acceptable at this point to make a move and potentially steal the girl away. Urban Dictionary

Not wiping after defacating. Urban Dictionary

The act of taking an apparent shortcut only to find the person or people you were trying to get ahead of speed past as you wait knowing you have suffered from some serious shortcut shame. Invented in Pompey in 2011. Urban Dictionary

Noun A visual used to describe an alternate route when cutting a corner in the midst of travel (usually on foot) as said traveler walks along the "hypotenuse" of a 90 degree angle turn. Urban Dictionary

In math, when stuck on a problem, especially a proof in geometry (which are useless and a waste of time) the answer will always = Joel's Shortcut, the universal answer too all. Urban Dictionary

A Tijuana shortcut is when a person or persons try to get extremely drunk very quickly by taking many shots of tequila in a short amount of time but instead of getting drunk, skip straight to being completely wasted and passing out. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to shortcut:
shortcut, short cut, short-cut, shootout, shoutout, shortest, shotput, shortcuts, shortcrust, shortt, shortbus.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word shortcut:
folder, menu, url, scrolling, javascript, buttons, keys, icon, romeo, safari, button, keyboard, happiness, desktop, bypass, file, icons, browser, commands, pressing, sacramento, pressed, norton, files, windows, user, hindi, app, switching, explorer, trail, algorithm, route, somewhere, interstate, lock, traffic, item, settings, dimension, heading, quick, graph, key, mouse, interface, highway, microsoft, connects, configuration, hell, travelling, avoid, mode, nevada, camera, traveling, components, crossing, screen, pass, search, travel, junction, application, terminus, dangerous, link, save, option, via, links, road, iowa, map.

Words that rhyme with shortcut:
cut, that, nut, but, what, butt, shut, gut, undercut, strut, abut, rut, smut, glut, robot, haute, chestnut, slut, hut, rebut, somewhat, walnut, donut, mutt, tut, peanut, doughnut, scuttlebutt, coconut, haircut, jut, sprit, netiquette, putt, hazelnut, uncut, clearcut, tutt, turbot, all but, phut, knut, scrit, groundnut, wing nut, qubit, kut, gutt, skutt, hutt, betel nut, monkey nut, nutt, horse chestnut, macadamia nut, brazil nut, crew cut, rutt, water butt, dutt, water chestnut, pine nut, nissen hut, scutt, jump cut, chesnut, fingerhut, chesnutt, green smut, hickory nut, pistachio nut, cashew nut, schutt, stinking smut, black walnut, cola nut, pay cut, mcnutt, schutte, english walnut, jelly doughnut, blind gut, false smut, queensland nut, ivory nut, satin walnut, boil smut, chinese chestnut, american chestnut, apple nut, sweet chestnut, taxcut, wackenhut, white walnut, american sweet chestnut, liver chestnut, chinese water chestnut, rifle butt, rush nut, cigarette butt.

Adjectives that are often used to describe shortcut:
new, keyboard, useful, convenient, handy, key, easy, windows, quick, create, simple, possible, mental, standard, nice, cognitive, computational, click, effective, obvious, valuable, dangerous, favorite, secret, helpful, usual, mile, following, tempting, direct, syntactic, ignoble, appropriate, powerful, corresponding, mathematical, saving, select, popular, steep, photographic, practical, desktop, cheap, efficient, neat, magic, quickest, intellectual, wonderful, potential, excellent, nifty, logical, ultimate, acceptable, rapid, verbal, macro, magical, visual, apparent, attractive, dramatic, technological, alternative, informational, clever, procedural, conceptual, letter, reliable.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective shortcut:
key, menu, button, keys, lover, menus, bar, chef, icon, fan, method.

Consonant match to shortcut:
short cut.

Words that sound like shortcut:
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