hacksaw

American  

[hak-saw] / ˈhækˌsɔ /

Or hack saw

noun

1. a saw for cutting metal, consisting typically of a narrow, fine-toothed blade fixed in a frame.

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hacksaw British  

/ ˈhækˌsɔː /

noun

1. a handsaw for cutting metal, with a hard-steel blade in a frame under tension

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verb

1. (tr) to cut with a hacksaw

Etymology

Origin of hacksaw

First recorded in 1645–55; hack ¹ + saw ¹

Example Sentences

A simple handsaw, such as a hacksaw or coping saw, should work fine.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2021

Journalists at Slate, for example, took a hacksaw to their methodology as early as 2010—at a time when mainstream publications rarely seemed to hacksaw peer-reviewed research.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2018

Fearing the noise of the hammer and small acetylene torch they had planned to use, Mr. Hayes hustled to a Home Depot a mile away and returned with a hacksaw.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2018

At one point, she picks up a hacksaw, which she uses to separate the hindquarters from the rest of the carcass.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2017

Just before my birthday party had started, Chapter Eleven had been down in his basement laboratory, using a hacksaw on a newfangled Titleist that advertised a “liquid center.”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides