Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ripsaw

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: rip-saw
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands.

Uncountable

verb

To cut with a ripsaw.

Example Sentences

"A ripsaw will slice smoothly along the grain, but chew up the wood if it goes against the grain."

Etymology

From rip + saw.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ripsaws (plural) rip saw (alternative) ripsaws (present, singular) ripsawing (participle, present) ripsawed (participle, past) ripsawed (past)

Synonyms

rake and scrape splitsaw

Antonyms

crosscut saw

Questions

What does ripsaw mean?: A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.
Where does ripsaw come from?: From rip + saw.

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