jigsaw
noun
verb (used with object), jig·sawed, jig·sawed or jig·sawn, jig·saw·ing.
adjective
Origin of jigsaw
Related Words for jigsaw
rive, pull, divide, injure, mangle, separate, damage, snatch, break, shred, split, slash, crack, grab, yank, rupture, sever, wrench, frazzle, riftExamples from the Web for jigsaw
Contemporary Examples of jigsaw
Every scene fits together like a jigsaw puzzle piece by the end of the book, when the reader finally knows everything.
All of which connect together like a jigsaw as the story progresses.
For Cusk, it is “a jigsaw dismantled into a heap of broken-edged pieces.”
And when things go wrong there is a great problem of putting together the jigsaw of who said what, and what was agreed.
To be fair, Prince Charles is also brazenly cashing in, selling a jigsaw puzzle of William and Kate at his official store.
Historical Examples of jigsaw
Their bodies fitted like two parts of a jigsaw puzzle that have discovered each other.
The Pretty LadyArnold E. Bennett
Traglio was running a lot of games, jigsaw puzzles and things of that kind.
Dawson Black: Retail MerchantHarold Whitehead
It's like I'm looking at a jigsaw puzzle that looks like it's all completed and lying out on the table.
Bear TrapAlan Edward Nourse
Through a cloud of pipe smoke, Drake was placing more pieces into the jigsaw of Sylvia Fanton's life.
Queen of the Flaming DiamondLeroy Yerxa
He looked at the great jagged opening in the wall—like a jigsaw picture with a piece missing.
It Could Be AnythingJohn Keith Laumer