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: a light portable electric saw with a vertically reciprocating blade that is used especially for cutting curves
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jigsawed; jigsawing; jigsaws
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: to cut or form by or as if by a jigsaw
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: to arrange or place in an intricate or interlocking way
: suggesting a jigsaw puzzle or its separate pieces
Examples of jigsaw in a Sentence
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2024
Similarly, the magic trick of detectives in mystery novels, such as Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, is to fit seemingly random details together like a perfect jigsaw, with no extra pieces left over.
—Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
Tyson Alger, OregonLive.com, 4 Jan. 2018
Taking care not to violate Supreme Court guidelines on minority representation, lawmakers jigsawed Texas into shapes that would decisively capture the state for the right.
—Michelle Legro, Longreads, 13 July 2017
Shannon Stirone, Wired, 9 May 2020
My mother parceled out the sins of my father, like jigsaw pieces, spread out over too many years.
—Robin Antalek, Longreads, 22 Apr. 2020
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Noun
Lomax et al Justin and Ruby, together with la Salle, Lomax, and several family members, returned to the site to hunt for more pieces, then fit them together like a multimillion-year-old jigsaw.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2024
Similarly, the magic trick of detectives in mystery novels, such as Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, is to fit seemingly random details together like a perfect jigsaw, with no extra pieces left over.
—Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
Verb
The transition from a team with three NBA talents to a squad jigsawed around Pritchard has had its ups and downs.
—Tyson Alger, OregonLive.com, 4 Jan. 2018
Taking care not to violate Supreme Court guidelines on minority representation, lawmakers jigsawed Texas into shapes that would decisively capture the state for the right.
—Michelle Legro, Longreads, 13 July 2017
Adjective
Over billions of years this process has created a moon covered in what looks like jigsaw pieces.
—Shannon Stirone, Wired, 9 May 2020
My mother parceled out the sins of my father, like jigsaw pieces, spread out over too many years.
—Robin Antalek, Longreads, 22 Apr. 2020
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“Jigsaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jigsaw. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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