"sawed-off" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-sawed-off.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sawed-off (not comparable)
  1. Shortened by sawing. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-sawed-off-en-adj-PZPnNKID
  2. (slang) Short, as though truncated. Tags: not-comparable, slang
    Sense id: en-sawed-off-en-adj-HYaWH~KT

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-sawed-off.ogg Forms: sawed-offs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sawed-off (plural sawed-offs)
  1. (slang, US) A shotgun with a barrel and sometimes buttstock which have been shortened by sawing them off; a sawed-off shotgun. Tags: US, slang Synonyms (short barrel shotgun): sawn-off [UK]
    Sense id: en-sawed-off-en-noun-ojrHmDSQ Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 4 64

Inflected forms

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