sawed-off

Questions about sawed-off

What does sawed-off mean?

sawed-off means "well below average height". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sawed-off?

sawed-off has 3 syllables: sa-we-d-off. The stress falls on "sa".

What is another word for sawed-off?

Close synonyms include pint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawn-off, sawn-off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sawed-off a common word?

sawed-off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.