Added 9 October 2026 buzzsaw noun Categories: Obscure Words noun ! Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about buzzsaw at Wordnik → Where our words come from → 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. 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 From buzz + saw. From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA) Related Words: buzz-sawsawbladesawzallbandsawbucksaw Back to today's word