Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of hacksaw.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word hacksawed.

Examples

  • I suspected this could be the case, since two of the screws supplied by CNC Fusion were too long, indicating that the holes in my mill were not drilled as deep as expected (I hacksawed a bit off the end of each screw, which worked).

    Converting an X2 Mini-Mill to CNC « The Half-Baked Maker 2009

  • I hacksawed the keyboard off to make the first ever Drawdio circuit.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • As Hackberry stared in disbelief, as though watching a slow-motion film that had nothing to do with reality, he saw that the object was a cut-down pump shotgun, the hacksawed steel still bright from the cut, loose shotgun shells spilling out of the gym bag onto the floor.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • As Hackberry stared in disbelief, as though watching a slow-motion film that had nothing to do with reality, he saw that the object was a cut-down pump shotgun, the hacksawed steel still bright from the cut, loose shotgun shells spilling out of the gym bag onto the floor.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • As Hackberry stared in disbelief, as though watching a slow-motion film that had nothing to do with reality, he saw that the object was a cut-down pump shotgun, the hacksawed steel still bright from the cut, loose shotgun shells spilling out of the gym bag onto the floor.

    Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009

  • Luckily, the broken pipe section was to a spigot that isn't used anymore anyway, so, in the end, we just hacksawed off the broken section, capped it, and called it good.

    Dirty Stuff archmage 2006

  • It seems someone had gone to the trouble of elevating himself sexist I know to the height of the cable, and hacksawed through it.

    Breakdown in law and order. Glyn Davies 2008

  • Because, in fact, if they were severed or hacksawed, we would have found some vertebrae, the little piece that fits right in the skull holding the skull together.

    The Riverman Robert D. Keppel 2005

  • Because, in fact, if they were severed or hacksawed, we would have found some vertebrae, the little piece that fits right in the skull holding the skull together.

    The Riverman Robert D. Keppel 2005

  • Because, in fact, if they were severed or hacksawed, we would have found some vertebrae, the little piece that fits right in the skull holding the skull together.

    The Riverman Robert D. Keppel 2005

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.