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Sawzall

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːzˌɔːl/
  • General-American: /ˈsɔzˌɔl/
  • cot-caught-merger: /ˈsɑzˌɑl/

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name

Meaning 1

A domain-specific programming language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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name

Meaning 2

A brand of reciprocating saw from Milwaukee Tool Company

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noun

Meaning 3

A sawzall, a reciprocating saw of the Sawzall brand from Milwaukee Tool.

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noun

Meaning 4

Alternative form of sawzall; A kind of reciprocating saw

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, broadly

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noun

Meaning 5

A kind of reciprocating saw, a tool similiar to a thick, long-bladed electric jigsaw used to saw through most things, favored for demolition.

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History

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.

A genericization of the trademark Sawzall.