short of a length

In cricket, a short delivery from the bowler to the batsman. Quit pitching the ball short of a length—that's how they're getting so many hits!

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mirche	-	Macedonian, Medieval Slavic
Zusman	-	Yiddish
Sandeep	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil
Hillman	['hilmən]
Gray	[grei]
Chucho	CHOO-cho	Spanish