Usually means: Shortened barrel for increased spread.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word sawed-off shotgun:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. sawed-off shotgun: Merriam-Webster
  2. sawed-off shotgun, sawed-off shotgun: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sawed-off shotgun: Vocabulary.com
  4. sawed-off shotgun: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. sawed-off shotgun: Wiktionary
  6. sawed-off shotgun: Dictionary.com
  7. Sawed-off Shotgun, Sawed-off shotgun: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. sawed-off shotgun: Rhymezone
  9. sawed-off shotgun: FreeDictionary.org
  10. sawed-off shotgun: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. sawed-off shotgun: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sawed-off shotgun: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See sawed-off_shotguns as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Sawed-off shotgun)

noun:  Alternative form of sawn-off shotgun [A shotgun whose barrel(s) has been shortened for ease of concealment and to give a larger spread, though with more limited range (often for illegal purposes).]

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