The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word WHIPSAW which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1962.
Cutting implement crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WHIPSAW | 50 % | 7 |
| AXE | 50 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cutting implement
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cutting tool
- box cutter
- butcher knife
- glass cutter
- crosscut saw
- bolt cutter
- surgical instrument
- pocket knife
- razor blade
- cigar cutter
- blunt instrument
- paring knife
Crossword Answer definitions
WHIPSAW noun- A rip saw often operated by two people
- To operate a whipsaw.
- To cause (a trader) to lose potential profit by buying shares just before the price falls, or by selling them just before the price rises.
- To defeat someone in two different ways at once.
- Of a trade union: to coerce employers into capitulating by bringing them the news that other (more easily convinced) employers have already done so.
- (US politics) To accept bribes from multiple parties at once, with the intent of letting down one or more of them.
- Having the characteristic of arguing two sides at once
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result WHIPSAW
- Jerk in two directions
- Affect with opposite forces
- Affect with two opposing forces at once
- Two-person log-cutting tool
- *Two-person log cutter
- Two-person cutting tool
- Beset in two ways at once
- Lumberman's cutting instrument.
- Lumberjack's implement.
- Cutting implement.