# ripsaw

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.
2. A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands.

## Etymology
From rip + saw.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ripsaw