shortcut

Other spellings

• short cut
• short-cut

Noun

Singular shortcut

Plural shortcuts

Tilo doshe

Jam'i babu (none)

1. (countable) A shortcut is an easier and/or faster way. <> hanya mafi gajarta ta zuwa wuri.

   We took the shortcut on the way home so we could get there faster.

2. (computing) A shortcut is a symlink (symbolic file link); an icon.

   I created a shortcut for the program and placed it on the desktop.