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whipsaw definition

whip·saw (hwip′sô′, wip′-)

noun

any of several long-bladed saws; esp., a crosscut saw with a tapering blade, from 5 to 7 feet long and with a handle at each end, used usually by two persons

transitive verb

  1. to cut with a whipsaw
  2. to defeat or get the best of (a person) two ways at once, as, in faro, by winning two different bets in a single play

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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