jigsaw

See also: jig saw

English

A power jigsaw

Battery-powered jigsaw

Etymology

jig +‎ saw

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪɡsɔː/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

jigsaw (plural jigsaws)

1. A power saw with fine teeth and a narrow blade which can cut curves in wood or metal.
2. A jigsaw puzzle.
3. Something that can be compared to a jigsaw puzzle.
   • 2021 January 27, “Network News: Signalling work at New Street”, in RAIL, issue 923, page 14:

     A rolling programme of platform closures will enable Network Rail to replace 54-year-old signalling and (when complete in 2022) complete a jigsaw of upgrades that started in 2005.

   • 2021 November 17, Andrew Mourant, “The Dartmoor Line through time”, in RAIL, number 944, page 43:

     The last piece of the jigsaw dropped into place in July with the stretch of line from Coleford Junction to Meldon Quarry being purchased by Network Rail from Aggregate Industries for a nominal sum.

Coordinate terms

• sabre saw
• fretsaw
• coping saw

Derived terms

• jigsaw identification

Translations

A saw with fine teeth and a narrow blade

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 豎鋸／竖锯 (shùjù), 線鋸／线锯 (zh) (xiànjù)

• Danish: stiksav c
• Dutch: decoupeerzaag (nl)
• Esperanto: ĵigo
• Finnish: lehtisaha (fi), kuviosaha (fi)
• French: scie sauteuse (fr) f
• Georgian: ხერხი (xerxi)
• German: Stichsäge (de) f
• Greek: σέγα (el) f (séga)
• Hebrew: גֶ׳קְסוֹן m (jékson)
• Hungarian: szúrófűrész, dekopírfűrész
• Italian: seghetto alternativo m
• Japanese: ジグソー (jigusō)
• Maori: kani piko
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stikksag (no) m or f

• Polish: laubzega (pl) f, wyrzynarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: serra tico-tico f, serra de recortes f, serra de vaivém f
• Romanian: fierăstrău pendular n
• Russian: ло́бзик (ru) m (lóbzik) (fretsaw), ажу́рная пила́ f (ažúrnaja pilá)
• Spanish: sierra de vaivén f, sierra caladora f, caladora f
• Swedish: sticksåg (sv) c

jigsaw puzzle — see jigsaw puzzle

Verb

jigsaw (third-person singular simple present jigsaws, present participle jigsawing, simple past jigsawed, past participle jigsawed or jigsawn)

1. (transitive) To cut something using a jigsaw.

See also

• reciprocating saw