ripsawEtymologyFrom rip + saw.nounA saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.“A ripsaw will slice smoothly along the grain, but chew up the wood if it goes against the grain.”A genre of music played with a ripsaw and other instruments, originally associated mainly with Turks and Caicos Islands.verbTo cut with a ripsaw.