Caught after oil can's running short (7)
I believe the answer is:
laconic
'short' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'caught after oil can's running' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'running' indicates an anagram (the letters run around to different places).
'oil'+'can'='oilcan'
'oilcan' with letters rearranged gives 'laconi'.
'c' put after 'laconi' is 'LACONIC'.
(Other definitions for laconic that I've seen before include "Concise - terse" , "Spartan" , "Curt in conical way" , "like a man of few words" , "with little expression" .)