Meaning of sawn-off shotgun | Babel Free
Definitions
A shotgun whose barrel(s) has been shortened for ease of concealment and to give a larger spread, though with more limited range (often for illegal purposes).
Equivalents
Deutsch
abgesägte Schrotflinte
Suomi
katkaistu haulikko
Français
fusil à canon scié
Italiano
lupara
Polski
obrzyn
Русский
обрез
Examples
“I never really got there / I just pretended that I had / Words are blunt instruments / Words are sawn-off shotguns”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.