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.

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
3. a powerful bomb with a huge blast effect

Word History and Origins

Origin of daisy-cutter¹

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

Since making this movie, my favorite has been a beer called Daisy Cutter from Chicago.

From The Daily Beast

His action is easy and graceful, a regular daisy cutter, and from his style and carriage must go a distance of ground.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus the Daisy Cutter and his vagaries became a proverb in Birmingham.

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I have a mare exactly of that kind, and we call her the Daisy Cutter.

From Project Gutenberg

Stone started it again with a cracking two-bagger, and, when Eliot poked a daisy cutter into right, Ben scored on it.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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