daisy-cutter

[ dey-zee-kuht-er ]

/ ˈdeɪ ziˌkʌt ər /

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noun

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

Military Slang. an antipersonnel fragmentation bomb.

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Origin of daisy-cutter

First recorded in 1785–95

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How to use daisy-cutter in a sentence

Since making this movie, my favorite has been a beer called Daisy Cutter from Chicago.
Olivia Wilde on ‘Drinking Buddies,’ Skinny-Dipping, Booze, and More|Marlow Stern|August 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His action is easy and graceful, a regular daisy cutter, and from his style and carriage must go a distance of ground.
History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921|John Lawrence O'Connor
Thus the Daisy Cutter and his vagaries became a proverb in Birmingham.
Geoffery Gambado|William Henry Bunbury
I have a mare exactly of that kind, and we call her the Daisy Cutter.
Geoffery Gambado|William Henry Bunbury

Stone started it again with a cracking two-bagger, and, when Eliot poked a daisy cutter into right, Ben scored on it.
Rival Pitchers of Oakdale|Morgan Scott
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

soccer a powerful shot that moves close to the ground

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

a powerful bomb with a huge blast effect

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