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buzzsawed

buzzsawed is the simple past and past participle of buzzsaw.

Meaning of buzzsaw

Verb

buzzsaw (third-person singular simple present buzzsaws, present participle buzzsawing, simple past and past participle buzzsawed)

  1. (transitive) To cut with a circular saw.
  2. (colloquial, intransitive) To spin rapidly like the blades of a circular saw.
    • The 7.62 tumblers would buzzsaw through the flimsy protection offered by the float.1990, Kyle Maning, Blood Storm, page 53
  3. (ambitransitive, colloquial) To produce a loud, harsh noise like that of a circular saw.
    • When the sun comes early through eastern windows and a single horsefly buzzsaws the air it is then I rise from bed my dreams of amputation, of teeth lost, cloaked in the amnesia of another day overwhelmed with trivia.1981, Michael Hogan, The Broken Face of Summer: Poems

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Questions about buzzsawed

What is buzzsawed the simple past and past participle of?
Buzzsawed is the simple past and past participle of buzzsaw.

Words near buzzsawed in the dictionary

  1. buzzlike
  2. buzzling
  3. buzzphrase
  4. buzzphrases
  5. buzzsaw
  6. buzzsawed
  7. buzzsawing
  8. buzzsaws
  9. buzzstorm
  10. buzzstorms
  11. buzzword

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