sawed-off

sawed-off
{adj.}, {informal} Shorter than usual; small of its kind. * /The riot police carried sawed-off shotguns./ * /Jimmy was a sawed-off, skinny runt./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • sawed-off — [sôd′ôf΄] adj. ☆ 1. designating a shotgun with the barrel cut off short ☆ 2. Informal short in stature [a skinny, sawed off man] …   English World dictionary

  • sawed-off — sawed′ off′ adj. 1) cut off at the end, as a shotgun 2) sts Slang. smallish; of less than average size or stature • Etymology: 1865–70, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • sawed-off — adjective 1. well below average height • Syn: ↑pint size, ↑pint sized, ↑runty, ↑sawn off • Similar to: ↑short, ↑little • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • sawed-off — mod. short of stature. □ Mike is sawed off. □ Tom called Mike a sawed off little runt. □ Well, Mike is a sawed off runt, isn’t he? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • sawed-off — {adj.}, {informal} Shorter than usual; small of its kind. * /The riot police carried sawed off shotguns./ * /Jimmy was a sawed off, skinny runt./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • sawed-off — adjective Date: 1869 1. having an end sawed off < a sawed off shotgun > 2. of less than average height …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sawed-off — adjective a) Shortened by sawing. The sawed off shotgun was illegal because its shorter barrel made it too easy to conceal. b) Short (as though something that should be there isnt). He was a sawed off runt, just a little guy, but he packed so… …   Wiktionary

  • sawed-off — adj informal Shorter than usual; small of its kind. The riot police carried sawed off shotguns. Jimmy was a sawed off, skinny runt …   Словарь американских идиом

  • sawed-off — /sawd awf , of /, adj. 1. sawed off at the end, as a shotgun or broomstick. 2. Slang. smallish; of less than average size or stature. [1865 70, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • sawed-off — adj. Sawed off is used with these nouns: ↑shotgun …   Collocations dictionary

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