whipsaw

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Here, by hand, with an inadequate whipsaw, they sawed the spruce - trunks into lumber.

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  1. noun A narrow two-person crosscut saw.
  2. transitive verb To cut with a whipsaw.
  3. transitive verb Games To win two bets from (a person) at one time, as in faro.

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  • Opponents said changing the law would encourage "whipsaw" strikes, where a walkout against one company can be used to win concessions from several. —  Vail Daily - Top Stories
  • One reader makes the point that the 'whipsaw' potential is high, and I agree wholeheartedly. —  Technically Speaking, Market Analysis and Theory
  • And while the jury is still out until the combines begin to roll sometime late this month, the practiced eyes of Kankakee County Corn Growers Association crop scouts Thursday saw a better outcome than what many might have feared from this season's "whipsaw" weather. —  The Daily Journal Local News
  • And from this 2006 high over $4.00, copper would spend the next two years volleying around with whipsaw-like ferocity. —  Safehaven
  • And check out the graph above, the 1-minute chart in FAS for Friday, looks like the whipsaw happened. —  Daily Options Report
 

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