sawn-off shotgun

English

Alternative forms

• sawed-off shotgun (US)

Noun

sawn-off shotgun (plural sawn-off shotguns)

1. 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).
   • 2007, “Jigsaw Falling into Place”, in In Rainbows, performed by Radiohead:

     I never really got there / I just pretended that I had / Words are blunt instruments / Words are sawn-off shotguns

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: katkaistu haulikko
• French: fusil à canon scié m
• German: abgesägte Schrotflinte f
• Polish: obrzyn (pl) m
• Portuguese: caçadeira de cano serrado f (Portugal), escopeta de cano serrado f (Brazil)
• Russian: обре́з (ru) m (obréz)

Further reading

• sawed-off shotgun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia