- 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
