Canadian French Meaning of whipsaw
scie
Other Canadian French words related to scie
No Synonyms and anytonyms found
Nearest Words of whipsaw
- whip-round => collecte
- whippy => fouetté
- whip-poor-will => engoulevent d'Amérique
- whippoorwill => Engoulevent bois-pourri
- whippletree => Volée
- whipple's penstemon => Penstemon de Whipple
- whipping top => toupie
- whipping post => poteau de supplice
- whipping cream => Crème fouettée
- whipping boy => Bouc émissaire
Definitions and Meaning of whipsaw in English
whipsaw (n)
a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people
whipsaw (v)
victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations
saw with a whipsaw
whipsaw (n.)
A saw for dividing timber lengthwise, usually set in a frame, and worked by two persons; also, a fret saw.
A kind of narrow ripsaw, tapering from butt to point, with hook teeth and averaging from 5 to 7/ feet in length, used by one or two men.
whipsaw (v. t.)
To saw with the whipsaw.
To defeat in, or cause to lose, two different bets at the same turn or in one play, as a player at faro who has made two bets at the same time, one that a card will lose and another that a different card will win; hence, to defeat in spite of every effort.
FAQs About the word whipsaw
scie
a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people, victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations, saw with a whipsawA saw for dividing timber
No synonyms found.
No antonyms found.
whip-round => collecte, whippy => fouetté, whip-poor-will => engoulevent d'Amérique, whippoorwill => Engoulevent bois-pourri, whippletree => Volée,
