buzzsaw

Meanings

Noun

• A circular saw.
• Someone or something that makes a loud, harsh, grinding or rasping noise, like that of a circular saw.
• The MG 42 general-purpose machine gun.
• A violently destructive attack.
• One who attacks violently and/or mindlessly.

Verb

• To cut with a circular saw.
• To spin rapidly like the blades of a circular saw.
• To produce a loud, harsh noise like that of a circular saw.

Origin

• buzz + saw