ripsaw

plural ripsaws · alternative rip saw

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

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

   2001, Percival Everett, Erasure, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), pages 4-5

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

present singular third person ripsaws · participle present ripsawing · participle past ripsawed · past ripsawed · alternative rip saw

1. To cut with a ripsaw.