sawzall

S1A1W4Z10A1L1L1
UK/ˈsɔːzˌɔːl/US/ˈsɔzˌɔl/cot caught merger/ˈsɑzˌɑl/

noun

A kind of reciprocating saw, a tool similiar to a thick, long-bladed electric jigsaw used to saw through most things, favored for demolition.

UncommonScrabble 19
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

sawzall1

nounsawzall (plural sawzalls)

plural sawzalls

  1. A kind of reciprocating saw, a tool similiar to a thick, long-bladed electric jigsaw used to saw through most things, favored for demolition.

Sawzall2

nounSawzall (plural Sawzalls)

plural Sawzalls

  1. A sawzall, a reciprocating saw of the Sawzall brand from Milwaukee Tool.
  2. alternativebroadlyAlternative form of sawzall; A kind of reciprocating saw

    With a Sawzall you can insert the blade between the king stud and header and cut all the nails (Figure 2-4). Without one, you'd be struggling with a nail puller.

    1993, Mark Currie, Rough Framing Carpentry, page 16
proper noun
  1. computingA domain-specific programming language.
  2. A brand of reciprocating saw from Milwaukee Tool Company

Origin

sawzall · noun

A genericization of the trademark Sawzall.

Full word history & related roots →

Sawzall · noun, proper noun

Marketing coinage for the tool; from saw; evoking the collocation saws all ("saws everything"); coined by Milkwaukee Tool for its Sawzall brand of reciprocating saw.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

sawzall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sawzall

MLA

“sawzall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sawzall. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sawzall,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sawzall.

Source: sawzall on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.