SHORT SUBJECT

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does short subject mean? 

• SHORT SUBJECT (noun)
  The noun SHORT SUBJECT has 1 sense:

1. a brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature

  Familiarity information: SHORT SUBJECT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHORT SUBJECT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("short subject" is a kind of...):

film; flick; motion-picture show; motion picture; movie; moving-picture show; moving picture; pic; picture; picture show (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "short subject"):

animated cartoon; cartoon; toon (a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence)

newsreel (a short film and commentary about current events)