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Antonyms for jigsaw

Grammar : Verb
Spell : jig-saw
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɪgˌsɔ


Definition of jigsaw

Origin :
  • also jig-saw, "vertical reciprocating saw," 1855, American English, from jig with its notion of "rapid up-and-down motion" + saw (n.1). Jigsaw puzzle first recorded 1906; originally one with pieces cut by a jigsaw.
  • As in tear : verb cut, rip an object
Example sentences :
  • Their bodies fitted like two parts of a jigsaw puzzle that have discovered each other.
  • Extract from : « The Pretty Lady » by Arnold E. Bennett
  • Traglio was running a lot of games, jigsaw puzzles and things of that kind.
  • Extract from : « Dawson Black: Retail Merchant » by Harold Whitehead
  • It's like I'm looking at a jigsaw puzzle that looks like it's all completed and lying out on the table.
  • Extract from : « Bear Trap » by Alan Edward Nourse
  • Through a cloud of pipe smoke, Drake was placing more pieces into the jigsaw of Sylvia Fanton's life.
  • Extract from : « Queen of the Flaming Diamond » by Leroy Yerxa
  • He looked at the great jagged opening in the wall—like a jigsaw picture with a piece missing.
  • Extract from : « It Could Be Anything » by John Keith Laumer
  • Like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, the whole picture suddenly fell into place.
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung » by Victor Appleton
  • Painfully he pulled fragments of pictures out of the past, assembled a jigsaw of wild action.
  • Extract from : « Star Born » by Andre Norton
  • Perhaps Margaret Skidmore would be able to supply another piece of the jigsaw.
  • Extract from : « The Five Arrows » by Allan Chase
  • The whole thing begins to have a jigsaw look, like a child's toy rack with wooden soldiers on it, expanding and contracting.
  • Extract from : « The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice » by Stephen Leacock
  • It looked like some sort of jigsaw puzzle that he was piecing together very carefully, very— what's the word?
  • Extract from : « Foe-Farrell » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Synonyms for jigsaw

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