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ripsaw

ripsaw noun: a saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.

Noun

ripsaw (countable and uncountable, plural ripsaws)

  1. 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.2001, Percival Everett, Erasure, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), pages 4-5
  2. (Caribbean, uncountable) A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands.

Verb

ripsaw (third-person singular simple present ripsaws, present participle ripsawing, simple past and past participle ripsawed)

  1. To cut with a ripsaw.

ripsaw meaning in Tagalog

ripsaw in Tagalog

type of saw
lagaring-panistis

Synonyms of ripsaw

Antonyms

Forms of ripsaw

Noun
pluralripsaws
alternative formrip saw
Verb
third-person singular presentripsaws
present participleripsawing
past participleripsawed
pastripsawed

Origin of ripsaw

From rip + saw.

Questions about ripsaw

What does ripsaw mean?
Ripsaw means a saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.
What is ripsaw in Tagalog?
Ripsaw in Tagalog is lagaring-panistis. See Ripsaw meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is ripsaw?
Ripsaw can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of ripsaw?
The plural of ripsaw is ripsaws.

Words near ripsaw in the dictionary

  1. rips someone's head off
  2. rips to shreds
  3. rips up
  4. ripsack
  5. ripsacks
  6. ripsaw
  7. ripsawed
  8. ripsawing
  9. ripsaws
  10. ripsawyer
  11. ripsawyers

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