daisy-cutter
noun
a batted or served ball that skims along near the ground.
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daisy cutter
daisy cutternounsoccer a powerful shot that moves close to the ground
daisy-cutter
American
[day-zee-kuht-er]
/ ˈdeɪ ziˌkʌt ər /
noun
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Sports Slang. a batted or served ball that skims along near the ground.
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Military Slang. an antipersonnel fragmentation bomb.
daisy cutter
British
noun
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soccer a powerful shot that moves close to the ground
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cricket a ball bowled, kicked, or hit so that it rolls along the ground
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a powerful bomb with a huge blast effect
Etymology
Origin of daisy-cutter
First recorded in 1785–95
Example Sentences
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A high line at a deep free-kick was sliced open with one delightful daisy-cutter, and a scrambling Jack Butland was left blushing for a second time in the first half.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025
It's a bit of a daisy-cutter and straight at Sven Ulreich.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2024
A ball kicked barely above ground is a daisy-cutter, while a ball on a curved trajectory is a banana.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2016
Words such as blinder, banana and daisy-cutter are used in other sports of the former British Empire, such as cricket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2016
So I just sent him a swift ball—a regular daisy-cutter.
From Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
Brentford's second five minutes before half-time was deserved, as Clayton Donaldson picked up a short pass 25 yards out and hit a daisy cutter that found the corner.
From The Guardian ● May 6, 2013
His action is easy and graceful, a regular daisy cutter, and from his style and carriage must go a distance of ground.
From History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 by John Lawrence O'Connor
Stone started it again with a cracking two-bagger, and, when Eliot poked a daisy cutter into right, Ben scored on it.
From Rival Pitchers of Oakdale by Morgan Scott
Merriwell hit it, and sent a "daisy cutter" down into right field, exactly where he wished to place it.
From Frank Merriwell at Yale by Burt L. Standish
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