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sawn-off

sawn-off noun: a sawn-off shotgun.

Noun

sawn-off (plural sawn-offs)

  1. A sawn-off shotgun.

Adjective

sawn-off (not comparable)

  1. Of a long-barrelled firearm, having had the stock sawn off.
    • He wore a crazed expression / As he waded in the car / For some ammo and his sawn-off twenty-two.1992, Bob Magor, Blood on the Board, page 38

Forms of sawn-off

pluralsawn-offs

Phrases with sawn-off

Questions about sawn-off

What does sawn-off mean?
Sawn-off means a sawn-off shotgun.
What part of speech is sawn-off?
Sawn-off can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of sawn-off?
The plural of sawn-off is sawn-offs.

Words near sawn-off in the dictionary

  1. sawn gourds
  2. sawn logs
  3. sawn off
  4. sawn off the branch one was sitting on
  5. sawn wood
  6. sawn-off
  7. sawn-off shotgun
  8. sawn-off shotguns
  9. sawn-offs
  10. Sawndip
  11. sawney

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