Usually means: Shortened barrel for increased concealability.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word sawn-off:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. sawn-off: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. sawn-off, sawn-off: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sawn-off: Vocabulary.com
  4. sawn-off: Wordnik
  5. sawn-off: Wiktionary
  6. sawn-off: Dictionary.com
  7. sawn-off: Rhymezone
  8. sawn-off: FreeDictionary.org
  9. sawn-off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. sawn-off: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sawn-off: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See sawn-offs as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sawn-off)

▸ noun:  A sawn-off shotgun.
▸ adjective:  Of a long-barrelled firearm, having had the stock sawn off.

Similar:
sawn-off shotgun, bruckback, blick, shot-gun, shotty, double-barrel, coach gun, one-shot, double-barrelled shotgun, shotgun, more...

Opposite:
unsawn, uncut, unshortened, untrimmed

Types:
double-barreled, pump-action, bolt-action, lever-action, single-shot, revolver, semi-automatic, more...

Phrases:
sawn-off shotgun, sawn-off shotguns, more...

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Similar:
sawn-off shotgun, bruckback, blick, shot-gun, shotty, double-barrel, coach gun, one-shot, double-barrelled shotgun, shotgun, more...

Opposite:
unsawn, uncut, unshortened, untrimmed

Types:
double-barreled, pump-action, bolt-action, lever-action, single-shot, revolver, semi-automatic, more...

Phrases:
sawn-off shotgun, sawn-off shotguns, more...



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