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[ sawd-awf, -of ] / ˈsɔdˈɔf, -ˈɒf / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sawed-off ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivesawed off at the end, as a shotgun or broomstick. Slang. smallish; of less than average size or stature. Origin of sawed-offAn Americanism dating back to 1865–70 Words nearby sawed-offsawder, saw doctor, sawdust, sawdust trail, sawdusty, sawed-off, sawfish, sawfly, saw grass, sawhorse, saw log Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sawed-offA few feet from where we sit is the sawed-off stump of a third willow. The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial|Ivan Solotaroff|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Two feet from the sawed-off stump of a third willow is the small foot-pump carousel Ray was sitting on when he shot himself. The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial|Ivan Solotaroff|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST He was the point man in the promotion when Evel Knievel swore he'd soar across Snake River Canyon in a sawed-off rocket ship. The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull|Mark Jacobson|March 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST The burglar was a career criminal, just out of prison after robbing a liquor store with a sawed-off shotgun. One Redneck’s Gun Stand|Joe McLean|February 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Bones and fragments, including teeth and sawed-off jawbones, were discovered after much of his farm was dug up in 2002. He Wanted to Kill 50 Women|Barbie Latza Nadeau|August 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST Andrew, thrilling with horror, recognized one as a sawed-off shotgun. Way of the Lawless|Max Brand Take the subject; it wasn't any of your little, sawed-off, one-year sprints. A man stepped out of the shadows, looked closely at him, pointed a sawed-off shotgun at the ground and said, "Go ahead." Trading Jeff and his Dog|James Arthur Kjelgaard And they've got four sawed-off shotguns and a tommy-gun in the back seat. The Ambulance Made Two Trips|William Fitzgerald Jenkins Longley ran into the tollhouse and came out with a sawed-off shotgun. Down the Mother Lode|Vivia Hemphill
Words related to sawed-offsmall, thick, tiny, low, abbreviated, compact, stunted, little, squat, wee, slight, diminutive, petite, pocket, chunky, skimpy, stocky, stubby, thickset, undersized |