sawed-off

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== English == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === sawed-off (not comparable) Shortened by sawing. (slang) Short, as though truncated. === Noun === sawed-off (plural sawed-offs) (slang, US) A shotgun with a barrel and sometimes buttstock which have been shortened by sawing them off; a sawed-off shotgun. 1988, N.W.A. (Ice Cube), "Straight Outta Compton", Straight Outta Compton, 8 Aug 1998: When I'm called off, I got a sawed-off / Squeeze the trigger and bodies are hauled off ==== Synonyms ==== (short barrel shotgun): (UK) sawn-off