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Sawzall
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sawzall
English
Etymology
Marketing coinage for the tool; from en saw; evoking the collocation en saws#Verb en all#Noun ("saws everything"); coined by Milkwaukee Tool for its Sawzall brand of en reciprocating saw.
Pronunciation
en /ˈsɔːzˌɔːl/ RP
en /ˈsɔzˌɔl/ GA
en /ˈsɑzˌɑl/ cot-caught
Noun
A sawzall, a reciprocating saw of the Sawzall brand from Milwaukee Tool.
en by extension en sawzall; A kind of reciprocating saw
en 1993 Mark Currie Rough Framing Carpentry 16 With a Sawzall you can insert the blade between the king stud and header and cut all the nails (Figure 2-4). Without one, you'd be struggling with a nail puller.
Derived terms
en sawzall
Proper noun
en computing A domain-specific programming language.
A brand of reciprocating saw from Milwaukee Tool Company