Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Short end.
6 letter answer(s) to short end
SCOTCH
a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
make a small cut or score into
of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language; "Scots Gaelic"; "the Scots community in New York"; "`Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'"; "`Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen ph
4 letter answer(s) to short end
STUB
a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil"
a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
clear of weeds by uprooting them; "stub a field"
extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigarette now"
pull up (weeds) by their roots
strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object; "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken"
the part of a check that is retained as a record
the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
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