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sawed-off
adj 2noun 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
illegal, picked
VERB + SAWED-OFF
got
SAWED-OFF + NOUN
runt, shotgun, squeeze
PREP.
up
Definitions
adj
1
Shortened by sawing.
The sawed-off shotgun was illegal because its shorter barrel made it too easy to conceal.
2
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.
noun
1
A shotgun with a barrel and sometimes buttstock which have been shortened by sawing them off; a sawed-off shotgun.
When I'm called off, I got a sawed-off / Squeeze the trigger and bodies are hauled off
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — cut short
- sawn-off
- shortened
adjective — well below average height
- pint-size
- pint-sized
- runty
- sawn-off
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The sawed-off shotgun was illegal because its shorter barrel made it too easy to conceal.
Wiktionary02
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.
Wiktionary03
When I'm called off, I got a sawed-off / Squeeze the trigger and bodies are hauled off
Wiktionary04
Miroslav calmly picked up the sawed-off shotgun.
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