Sawzall

See also: sawzall

English

Etymology

Marketing coinage for the tool; from saw; evoking the collocation saws all ("saws everything"); coined by Milkwaukee Tool for its Sawzall brand of reciprocating saw.

Noun

Sawzall (plural Sawzalls)

1. A sawzall, a reciprocating saw of the Sawzall brand from Milwaukee Tool.
2. (by extension) Alternative form of sawzall; A kind of reciprocating saw
   • 1993, Mark Currie, Rough Framing Carpentry, page 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

• sawzall

 

Proper noun

Sawzall

1. (computing) A domain-specific programming language.
2. A brand of reciprocating saw from Milwaukee Tool Company