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buzz saw

buzz saw noun: a powerful, noisy, motorized saw, typically having a rotary blade with large teeth, sometimes portable and sometimes mounted into a table.

buzz saw: a powerful, noisy, motorized saw, typically having a rotary blade with large teeth, sometimes...
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Noun

buzz saw (plural buzz saws)

  1. A powerful, noisy, motorized saw, typically having a rotary blade with large teeth, sometimes portable and sometimes mounted into a table.
    • The American mind exasperated the European as a buzz-saw might exasperate a pine forest.1905, Henry Adams, chapter 12, in The Education of Henry Adams
    • The buzz-saw snarled and rattled in the yard
      And made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of wood1916, Robert Frost, Out, Out–
    Synonyms:
    circular saw
  2. A type of noisemaker in the form of a spinning disc spun on an untwisting string like a whirligig.

buzz saw meaning in Tamil

buzz saw in Tamil

வட்ட அரம்பம்

Examples of buzz saw in a sentence

  • A population in full song can exceed 100 decibels, roughly the level of a circular buzz saw at full throttle.1987 May 25, David Brand, “Tick, Buzz, It's That Time Again Locusts?”, in Time, retrieved 27 May 2014:
  • [T]hree inmates were freed today by accomplices who descended on a prison in central France in a helicopter, then used a buzz saw to rip through security netting.2003 April 14, John Tagliabue, “Another Daring Jailbreak Embarrasses French Government”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 May 2014:

Synonyms of buzz saw

Forms of buzz saw

pluralbuzz saws
alternative formbuzz-saw

Words formed from buzz saw

Questions about buzz saw

What does buzz saw mean?
Buzz saw means a powerful, noisy, motorized saw, typically having a rotary blade with large teeth, sometimes portable and sometimes mounted into a table.
What is buzz saw in Tamil?
Buzz saw in Tamil is வட்ட அரம்பம். See Buzz saw meaning in Tamil.
How do you use buzz saw in a sentence?
A population in full song can exceed 100 decibels, roughly the level of a circular buzz saw at full throttle.
What part of speech is buzz saw?
Buzz saw is a noun.
What is the plural of buzz saw?
The plural of buzz saw is buzz saws.

Words near buzz saw in the dictionary

  1. buzz cuts
  2. buzz in
  3. Buzz Killington
  4. buzz off
  5. buzz pollination
  6. buzz saw
  7. buzz saws
  8. buzz score
  9. buzz session
  10. buzz sessions
  11. buzz track

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