jigsaw

nomverbeattesté dans les dialogues

Royaume-Uni//ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.sɔː//
États-Unis//ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.sɔ//
//ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.sɑ//

A power saw with fine teeth and a narrow blade which can cut curves in wood or metal.

nom

1
A power saw with fine teeth and a narrow blade which can cut curves in wood or metal.
2
A jigsaw puzzle.
3
Something that can be compared to a jigsaw puzzle.
A rolling programme of platform closures will enable Network Rail to replace 54-year-old signalling and (when complete in 2022) complete a jigsaw of upgrades that started in 2005.
The last piece of the jigsaw dropped into place in July with the stretch of line from Coleford Junction to Meldon Quarry being purchased by Network Rail from Aggregate Industries for a nominal sum.

Étymologie

From jig + saw.

verbe

1
To cut something using a jigsaw.

Formes

pluriel: jigsaws
passé: jigsawed
participe passé: jigsawed, jigsawn
participe présent: jigsawing
3ᵉ personne du singulier: jigsaws

jiffy · A very short, unspecified length of time.jig · A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.Jig · radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter J.

jigsaw · A power saw with fine teeth and a narrow blade which can cut curves in wood or metal.

jihad · A holy war undertaken by Muslims.jill · To masturbate.Jill · A female given name from Latin.

Les pages voisines — L'ordre alphabétique suit les règles de la langue, pas la valeur des octets : un accent ne départage que deux mots par ailleurs identiques, et l'espagnol range le Ñ comme une lettre à part entière.