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sawed-off
sawed-off (sôd′ôf′, -ŏf′)adj.1. Having one end sawed off: a sawed-off shotgun.2. Slang Short; runty.sawed′-off′
adj. 1. cut off at the end, as a shotgun. 2. Slang. smallish; of less than average size or stature. [1865–70, Amer.] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | sawed-off - well below average heightpint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawn-offjargon, 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. | sawed-off - cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use"shortened, sawn-offshort - (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss" |
sawed-off
sawed offslang Very disgruntled, angry, or outraged. Sometimes hyphenated. John was pretty sawed off when he found out that someone else had been given the promotion instead of him. There's no point in getting sawed-off over a bad grade on your exam. Just study harder next time!See also: off, sawsawed-off mod. short of stature. Tom called Mike a sawed-off little runt. sawed-off
Synonyms for sawed-offadj well below average heightSynonyms- pint-size
- pint-sized
- runty
- sawn-off
Related Words- jargon
- lingo
- patois
- argot
- vernacular
- slang
- cant
- short
- little
adj cut shortSynonymsRelated Words |