Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sawed-off

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.80 in modern English

Syllables: sawed-off
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shortened by sawing.

adj

Short, as though truncated.

Slang

noun

A shotgun with a barrel and sometimes buttstock which have been shortened by sawing them off; a sawed-off shotgun.

American usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"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."
"When I'm called off, I got a sawed-off / Squeeze the trigger and bodies are hauled off"

Usage

Slang
American usage

Inflected Forms

sawed-offs (plural)

Synonyms

sawn-off shortened pint-size pint-sized runty

Questions

What does sawed-off mean?: Shortened by sawing.

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