English Explanatory Dictionary

buzzsaw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A circular saw.
  2. Someone or something that makes a loud, harsh, grinding or rasping noise, like that of a circular saw.
  3. The MG 42 general-purpose machine gun.
  4. A violently destructive attack.
  5. One who attacks violently and/or mindlessly.
verb
  1. To cut with a circular saw.
  2. To spin rapidly like the blades of a circular saw.
  3. To produce a loud, harsh noise like that of a circular saw.

Word forms

buzzsaw buzzsaws buzzsawing buzzsawed

Etymology

From buzz + saw.

Derived words

Hitler's buzzsaw
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