Sawed-off
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sawed-off is an adjective meaning Shortened by sawing.
Meaning
Shortened by sawing.
More Meanings
- (slang) Short, as though truncated.
- (slang, US) A shotgun with a barrel and sometimes buttstock which have been shortened by sawing them off; a sawed-off shotgun.
Example Sentences
When I'm called off, I got a sawed-off / Squeeze the trigger and bodies are hauled off
The sawed-off shotgun was illegal because its shorter barrel made it too easy to conceal.
He was a sawed-off runt, just a little guy, but he packed so much attitude into that little package that no one was going to make anything about it.
Word Forms
- sawed-offs
Synonyms for sawed-off
Depending on context, synonyms include sawn-off, short, runty, pint-size, shortened, pint-sized.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include short, pint-size, pint-sized, runty, shortened, sawn-off.
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