Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
short-stop is a noun meaning "an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer". It carries one recorded sense.
an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for short-stop come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.