ripsaw
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See also: rip saw
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
ripsaw (countable and uncountable, plural ripsaws)
- (woodworking) A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.
- (uncountable, music, Caribbean) A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands.
Synonyms[edit]
- rake and scrape (Bahamas)
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Translations[edit]
type of saw
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Verb[edit]
ripsaw (third-person singular simple present ripsaws, present participle ripsawing, simple past and past participle ripsawed)
- To cut with a ripsaw.