ripsaw

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6

Definition of ripsaw

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.
    “A ripsaw will slice smoothly along the grain, but chew up the wood if it goes against the grain.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.
    “A ripsaw will slice smoothly along the grain, but chew up the wood if it goes against the grain.”
  2. (Caribbean, uncountable)A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands.

verb

  1. To cut with a ripsaw.

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Etymology

From rip + saw.

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