Buck — To cut a fallen tree into smaller sections.

Cookie — The section of wood that is severed during crosscut or power sawing events.

Cut-Out — To cut over the line marked on wood by the judge that indicates the width of wood to be sawed within.

Drivers — Power hits in any chopping event used to severe the wood.

Drive — Last portion of a chopping event when the axeman delivers his most powerful hits in an attempt to sever the block.

Wedger — Assistant used in the cross-cut swing events who wedges the wood open and lubricates the saw.

Scarf — In chopping events, the portion of wood that has been removed from the block.

Pockets — Holes cut into springboard poles into which the springboard itself is inserted.

Jigger — A slang term (Australia and New Zealand) meaning "up and down".

Slide-Chop — Technique used primarily by Australian axemen wherein the top hand slides toward the axe head after the stroke as the competitor raises the axe for the next swing.

Birling — Log rolling.

Boom — A long string of logs that are connected end to end, for easy storage and transportation.

River Pig — A logger who runs out into jammed logs to open the flow of timber. Also used synonymously with a "river driver" competition.

Peg and Raker — A saw with teeth that appears in two "pegs" which cut alternate sides of the groove. A "raker" rakes the cut wood out in long, single strands. With this saw, a single cut can run the entire diameter of the wood.