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buzzsaw.

A circular saw.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A circular saw.

  2. Someone or something that makes a loud, harsh, grinding or rasping noise, like that of a circular saw.

    slang
  3. The MG 42 general-purpose machine gun.

    slang
  4. A violently destructive attack.

    slang
  5. One who attacks violently and/or mindlessly.

Where this word comes from

From buzz + saw.

verb
  1. To cut with a circular saw.

    transitive
  2. To spin rapidly like the blades of a circular saw.

    colloquial · intransitive
  3. To produce a loud, harsh noise like that of a circular saw.

    ambitransitive · colloquial
Where this word comes from

From buzz + saw.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.