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Adjective: sawn-off  'son,óf
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: sawed-off)
  1. Shortened
    "a sawn-off shotgun";
    - sawed-off [N. Amer], shortened
     
  2. Well below average height
    "The sawn-off basketball player struggled to compete";
    - pint-size [informal], pint-sized [informal], runty, sawed-off [N. Amer]

See also: little, short

Encyclopedia: Sawn-off