ripsaw

Etymology

rip + saw

noun

  1. (woodworking) A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.
  2. (uncountable, music, Caribbean) 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.

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