ripsaw noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.A ripsaw will slice smoothly along the grain, but chew up the wood if it goes against the grain. — 2001 •(Caribbean) A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands. verb1 •To cut with a ripsaw. formsripsawed · ripsawing · ripsaws
