daisy-cutter

[ dey-zee-kuht-er ]

noun
  1. Sports Slang. a batted or served ball that skims along near the ground.

  2. Military Slang. an antipersonnel fragmentation bomb.

Origin of daisy-cutter

1
First recorded in 1785–95

Words Nearby daisy-cutter

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How to use daisy-cutter in a sentence

  • Merriwell hit it, and sent a "daisy cutter" down into right field, exactly where he wished to place it.

    Frank Merriwell at Yale | Burt L. Standish

British Dictionary definitions for daisy cutter

daisy cutter

noun
  1. soccer a powerful shot that moves close to the ground

  2. cricket a ball bowled, kicked, or hit so that it rolls along the ground

  1. a powerful bomb with a huge blast effect

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