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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
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Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Students with special needs learned how to use band saws, jigsaws, sanders, laser engravers and other power tools with the help of their peers who are taking Jeff Cassidy’s woodworking classes this semester.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
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
Your appetite might differ, but for me, nine novels in, all this code-cracking and jigsaw-puzzling is no longer thrilling.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Students with special needs learned how to use band saws, jigsaws, sanders, laser engravers and other power tools with the help of their peers who are taking Jeff Cassidy’s woodworking classes this semester.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
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 31 Oct. 2025.
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