hacksaw

hacksaw

See also: hack saw

English

a hacksaw

Alternative forms

• hack saw

Etymology

hack +‎ saw. Attested since 1867.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

hacksaw (plural hacksaws)

1. A saw, with a blade that is put under tension, for cutting metal

Translations

saw

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: մետաղասղոց (hy) (metałasłocʿ) Bulgarian: ножовка f (nožovka) Catalan: serra de metalls f, serra d'arc f Chinese: Mandarin: 鋼鋸／钢锯 (zh) (gāngjù) Dutch: beugelzaag (nl) m or f Esperanto: metalsegilo Finnish: rautasaha (fi), metallisaha French: scie à métaux (fr) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Bügelsäge (de) f Greek: σιδηροπρίονο (el) n (sidiropríono) Hungarian: fémfűrész (hu) Italian: sega ad arco f, sega ad arco per metallo, seghetto ad arco m, seghetto per metalli m Japanese: 弓のこ (ゆみのこ, yuminoko) Khmer: រណារអារដែក (rɔnaa ’aa daek) Korean: 쇠톱 (soetop) Plautdietsch: Iesasoag f Polish: piła do metalu f, piłka do metalu (pl) f Portuguese: arco de serra f, segueta (pt) f Romanian: bomfaier (ro) Russian: ножо́вка по мета́ллу f (nožóvka po metállu), слеса́рная ножо́вка f (slesárnaja nožóvka) Spanish: sierra de arco f, sierra para metales f Swedish: bågfil (sv) c Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can

Verb

hacksaw (third-person singular simple present hacksaws, present participle hacksawing, simple past hacksawed, past participle hacksawed or hacksawn)

1. To cut with a hacksaw.

   This bolt is so rusted I'll have to hacksaw it off.

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “hacksaw”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• kwachas