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Meaning of sawed-off | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. Shortened by sawing.
    not-comparable
  2. Short, as though truncated.
    not-comparable, slang

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

sawlike sawn-off sawney sawtoothed sawtoothlike saxatile

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