buzz saw
a power-operated circular saw, so named because of the noise it makes.
Origin of buzz saw
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How to use buzz saw in a sentence
More so than any of his predecessors, Obama ran open-eyed into the Palestinian-Israeli buzz saw.
Reihan Salam says we're heading into a decade-long economic buzz saw.
He was cruising along just fine until he hit the immigration buzz saw and it instantly shredded him.
The furnace was propelled by water and they had a small buzz saw for cutting four-foot wood into blocks about a foot long.
Death Valley in '49 | William Lewis ManlyThe American mind exasperated the European as a buzz-saw might exasperate a pine forest.
The Education of Henry Adams | Henry Adams
Well, whatever you do, keep away from the big buzz saw, he warned.
The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp | Laura Lee HopeFrom somewhere overhead came a sound like a snarl of a buzz-saw as it bites into hard wood.
Tam O' The Scoots | Edgar WallaceIt soon got its fill and curled up and purred "just like a fairy buzz-saw," Dum declared.
At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins | Nell Speed
British Dictionary definitions for buzz saw
US and Canadian a power-operated circular saw
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