Sawzall
See also: sawzall
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Sawzall (plural Sawzalls)
- A sawzall, a reciprocating saw of the Sawzall brand from Milwaukee Tool.
- (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 edit
Proper noun edit
Sawzall
- (computing) A domain-specific programming language.
- A brand of reciprocating saw from Milwaukee Tool Company