ripsaw

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.
2. (Caribbean, uncountable) A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands.

Verb

To cut with a ripsaw.

Synonyms

splitsaw

Translations

saracco

منشار

🪚

Spaltsäge

bıçkı testeresi

Etymology

From rip + saw.