WHIPSAW
- to saw with a whipsaw.
- to cut with a narrow, tapering saw [v WHIPSAWED, WHIPSAWING, WHIPSAWN, WHIPSAWN, WHIPSAWS]
- saw for two persons, as a pitsaw, used to divide timbers lengthwise
- to cut with a whipsaw
- to win two bets from (a person) at one turn or play, as at faro
- to cut with a narrow tapering saw [v WHIPSAWED, WHIPSAWN, WHIPSAWING, WHIPSAWS]
- to subject to two opposing forces at the same time
- (of a trailer, railroad car, etc.) to swing suddenly to the right or left, as in rounding a sharp curve at high speed