sawed-off

sawed-off
adjective
1. well below average height
• Syn: ↑pint-size, ↑pint-sized, ↑runty, ↑sawn-off
• Similar to: ↑short, ↑little
• Derivationally related forms: ↑runt (for: ↑runty), ↑runtiness (for: ↑runty)
• Usage Domain:
↑slang, ↑cant, ↑jargon, ↑lingo, ↑argot, ↑patois, ↑vernacular
2. cut short
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a sawed-off shotgun

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a sawed-off broomstick

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the shortened rope was easier to use

• Syn: ↑sawn-off, ↑shortened
• Similar to: ↑short

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
1. : having an end sawed off

a sawed-off shotgun

a sawed-off baseball bat which in peaceful times served as a rolling pin — Rose Feld

2. : of less than average height : pint-size

a little sawed-off mountaineer lugging a rifle longer than he was — F.B.Gipson

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/sawd"awf", -of"/, adj.
1. sawed off at the end, as a shotgun or broomstick.
2. Slang. smallish; of less than average size or stature.
[1865-70, Amer.]

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sawed-off «SD F, -OF», adjective.
1. having one end sawed or cut off: »

a sawed-off shotgun.

2. U.S. Slang. small in size; short: »

An amiable, sawed-off little man, with a manner as unobtrusive as his…crew haircut (Newsweek).

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['sôd 'ôf] 1.
(also chiefly Brit. sawn-off) adj. [attrib.] (of a gun) having a specially shortened barrel to make handling easier and to give a wider field of fire
■ informal (of an item of clothing) having been cut short
■ informal (of a person) short
2.
n. a sawed-off shotgun

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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