SAW exclamation 1noun 3forms 1phrases 3 exclamation1 •(nonstandard) صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wa-sallama, “peace be upon him”) noun3 •(US) Initialism of squad automatic weapon or initialism of section automatic weapon, a kind of light machine gun. •Initialism of surface acoustic wave. •Acronym of solar array wing formsSAWs Phrases with SAW old sawA cliché, saying, or overused expression, especially a proverb or maxim. saw offTo cut off with a saw. saw woodTo snore loudly.