"ripsaw" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ripsaws [plural], rip saw [alternative]
Etymology: From rip + saw. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|rip|saw}} rip + saw Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ripsaw (countable and uncountable, plural ripsaws)
  1. (woodworking) A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Woodworking Translations (type of saw): halkaisusaha (Finnish), Längsschnittsäge [feminine] (German), Spaltsäge [feminine] (German), Fuchsschwanz [masculine] (German), Fuchsschwanzsäge [feminine] (German), Blattspaltsäge [feminine] (German), Schlitzsäge [feminine] (German), Längsaufteilsäge [feminine] (German), Auftrennsäge [feminine] (German), Längssäge [feminine] (German), Besäumsäge [feminine] (German), Trennkreissäge [feminine] (German), Säge zum Längstrennen [feminine] (German), Längskreissäge [feminine] (German), Längs-Aufteilsäge [feminine] (German), Besäumkreissäge [feminine] (German), Tennsäge [feminine] (German), Trennbandsäge [feminine] (German), kani aritahi (Maori), kani haratua (Maori), kani kōreparepa (Maori), klyvsåg [common-gender] (Swedish), lagaring-panistis (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-ripsaw-en-noun-759jOq7o Topics: arts, business, carpentry, construction, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle, manufacturing, woodworking Disambiguation of 'type of saw': 100 0
  2. (uncountable, music, Caribbean) A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands. Tags: Caribbean, uncountable Categories (topical): Musical genres, Saws
    Sense id: en-ripsaw-en-noun-IRnZoEMd Disambiguation of Saws: 30 61 9 Categories (other): Caribbean English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 75 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 80 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 81 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 81 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 76 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 73 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 17 78 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 79 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 17 79 5 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rake and scrape [Bahamas]

Verb

Forms: ripsaws [present, singular, third-person], ripsawing [participle, present], ripsawed [participle, past], ripsawed [past], rip saw [alternative]
Etymology: From rip + saw. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|rip|saw}} rip + saw Head templates: {{en-verb}} ripsaw (third-person singular simple present ripsaws, present participle ripsawing, simple past and past participle ripsawed)
  1. To cut with a ripsaw. Translations (to cut or saw with the grain of timber): kani haratua (Maori)
    Sense id: en-ripsaw-en-verb-dSzYgXpk

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "type of saw",
      "word": "kani kōreparepa"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "type of saw",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "klyvsåg"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "type of saw",
      "word": "lagaring-panistis"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Rip saw"
  ],
  "word": "ripsaw"
}

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      "form": "ripsawing",
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    {
      "form": "ripsawed",
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    },
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      "form": "ripsawed",
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    {
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        "To cut with a ripsaw."
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cut or saw with the grain of timber",
      "word": "kani haratua"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Rip saw"
  ],
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}

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