sawn-off (redirected from sawed-offs)

sawn-off esp US, sawed-off

adj

1. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (prenominal) (of a shotgun) having the barrel cut short, mainly to facilitate concealment of the weapon

2. Informal (of a person) small in stature

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	sawn-off - well below average height pint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawed-off jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" short, little - low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
	2.	sawn-off - cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use" shortened, sawed-off short - (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"

Translations

sawn-off, (US) sawed-off

adj sawn-off shotgun → Gewehr nt → mit abgesägtem Lauf