short-swing

1 of 2

adjective

: tending to close out commitments quickly

short-swing traders

also : short-term sense 2b

shortswing

2 of 2

noun

: a skiing technique developed for maximum speed especially in slalom racing and based on sideslipping, heel thrusting, and keeping the ski edges parallel

Word History

Etymology

Noun

translation of German kurzschwung

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