1
: having an end sawed off
a sawed-off shotgun
2
: of less than average height
Examples of sawed-off in a Sentence
he was an unpleasant, sawed-off man who seemed to believe that aggressiveness could make up for his perceived deficiency
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None of this felt realistic, especially not Colman Domingo’s sawed-off-shotgun-wielding Ali shooting up Alamo’s club in his mentee Rue’s honor, shattering a mask of poise that had defined his character (like the whiplash of Khaleesi’s end of Game of Thrones rogue era).
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 June 2026
The Senate kept the provision on silencers in its version of the bill and expanded upon it, adding short-barreled, or sawed-off, rifles and shotguns.
—Arkansas Online, 28 June 2025
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 June 2026
The Senate kept the provision on silencers in its version of the bill and expanded upon it, adding short-barreled, or sawed-off, rifles and shotguns.
—Arkansas Online, 28 June 2025
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“Sawed-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sawed-off. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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