ripsaw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.
  2. 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.

Word forms

ripsaw ripsaws rip saw ripsawing ripsawed

Etymology

From rip + saw.

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