Found 2 items, similar to short-circuit.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: short-circuit short-circuit v 1: hamper the progress of; impede; “short-circuit warm feelings” 2: create a short-circuit in [syn: short] 3: avoid something unpleasant or laborious; “You cannot bypass these rules!” [syn: bypass, go around, get around]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Short-circuit 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]