There are three major pronunciations of want, two of them short sounds.
-- short O (to rhyme with font)
-- caret O (to rhyme with haunt)*
-- short U (to rhyme with bunt)
*primarily British English (wawnt-ed)
Freedom is the liberty to do as one wants.
discretionary expenses means in short word expenses on self wants or needs in company or home.
as short as the writer wants it to be.
The word mitt has a short i.
That depends on what your American wants.
No. the A can have a short U sound (wuntz as in "once") or a short O sound (wonts).
"Habit" is a short vowel word.
The word "Jack" contains only four letters, so it is considered a short word.
The word "wiper" has a short "i" sound.
The word "basket" has a short a sound.
short is a rootword. examples: shortage, shorter, shorten
The word "was" has a short U vowel sound (wuz).