Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Shortened by sawing.

    The sawed-off shotgun was illegal because its shorter barrel made it too easy to conceal.

    shortened

  2. (not comparable, slang)Short, as though truncated.

    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.

Synonyms

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