hacksaw

See also: hack saw

English

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Alternative forms

hack saw

Etymology

From hack +‎ saw. Attested since 1867.^[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

hacksaw (plural hacksaws)

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) (metaġasġocʻ)
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)
Macedonian: бонсек m (bonsek)
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 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)

To cut with a hacksaw.
This bolt is so rusted I'll have to hacksaw it off.

References

^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “hacksaw”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

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[1] Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “hacksaw”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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