haymaker

[ hey-mey-ker ]

/ ˈheɪˌmeɪ kər /

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noun

a person or machine that cuts hay and spreads it to dry.

Slang. a punch delivered with great force, especially one that results in a knockout.

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Origin of haymaker

1400–50; 1910–15 for def. 2; late Middle English heymakere.See hay, maker

Words nearby haymaker

hayfork, haylage, Hayley, haylift, hayloft, haymaker, Haymarket, Haymarket Square, haymow, Haynes, Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

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How to use haymaker in a sentence

Now on a lighter note, with Selma, you did get Oprah to throw a mean haymaker.
Ava DuVernay on ‘Selma,’ the Racist Sony Emails, and Making Golden Globes History|Marlow Stern|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He struck just one wild haymaker of a blow that cleared the head of the cop by nearly a foot.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Keep the rake, says the haymaker, as nigh the scythe as you can, and the cart as nigh the rake.
Essays|Ralph Waldo Emerson
He was finding nothing to say to Rue Carew, or saying what 318 he said as crudely and uncouthly as any haymaker in Gayfield.
The Dark Star|Robert W. Chambers

Joe Prantera had been rocking with the mental blows he had been assimilating, but this was the final haymaker.
Gun for Hire|Dallas McCord Reynolds
One amusing incident was long in circulation and laughed over by many who did not know the energetic haymaker by name.
Nathan Hale|Jean Christie Root

British Dictionary definitions for haymaker

haymaker

/ (ˈheɪˌmeɪkə) /

noun

a person who helps to cut, turn, toss, spread, or carry hay

Also called: hay conditioner either of two machines, one designed to crush stems of hay, the other to break and bend them, in order to cause more rapid and even drying

boxing slang a wild swinging punch

Derived forms of haymaker

haymaking, adjective, noun

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