Synonyms for jigsaw
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : jig-saw |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɪgˌsɔ |
Top 10 synonyms for jigsaw Other synonyms for the word jigsaw
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for jigsaw
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