Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A circular saw: so called from its sound when in action.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A circular saw; -- so called from the buzzing it makes when running at full speed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
circular saw .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a power saw that has a steel disk with cutting teeth on the periphery; rotates on a spindle
Etymologies
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Examples
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The buzzsaw is a powerful system of censorship in this country that is revealed to those reporting on extremely sensitive stories, usually having to do with high level government or corporate malfeasance.
The Buzzsaw 2006
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After Scott Brown won the Senate race in Massachusetts, the president claimed that his health-care bill ran into a "buzzsaw" of opposition from special interests.
ObamaCare and the 'Buzzsaw' of Opposition John Boehner And Mitch McConnell 2010
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But the "buzzsaw" wasn't special interests, it was the American people.
ObamaCare and the 'Buzzsaw' of Opposition John Boehner And Mitch McConnell 2010
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After Scott Brown won the Senate race in Massachusetts, the president claimed that his health-care bill ran into a "buzzsaw" of opposition from special interests.
ObamaCare and the 'Buzzsaw' of Opposition John Boehner And Mitch McConnell 2010
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After Scott Brown won the Senate race in Massachusetts, the president claimed that his health-care bill ran into a "buzzsaw" of opposition from special interests.
ObamaCare and the 'Buzzsaw' of Opposition John Boehner And Mitch McConnell 2010
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But the "buzzsaw" wasn't special interests, it was the American people.
ObamaCare and the 'Buzzsaw' of Opposition John Boehner And Mitch McConnell 2010
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But the "buzzsaw" wasn't special interests, it was the American people.
ObamaCare and the 'Buzzsaw' of Opposition John Boehner And Mitch McConnell 2010
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[POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: The "buzzsaw" sound is a distorted trombone played by Bryan Hooten.] (Soundbite of song "Grizzly Bear") WHITEHEAD: The edges can get blurry, but that's part of the plan.
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He knows health-care reform ran into a political "buzzsaw," but he demands that Congress push ahead.
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By 1975, contemporaneous with the Ramones, The Saints were employing the fast tempos, raucous vocals and "buzzsaw" guitar that characterised early punk rock.
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