haymaker

[ hey-mey-ker ]

noun

1. a person or machine that cuts hay and spreads it to dry.
2. Slang. a punch delivered with great force, especially one that results in a knockout.

haymaker

/ ˈheɪˌmeɪkə /

noun

1. a person who helps to cut, turn, toss, spread, or carry hay
2. Also calledhay 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
3. slang.
   boxing a wild swinging punch

Derived Forms

• ˈhayˌmaking, adjectivenoun

Word History and Origins

Origin of haymaker¹

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

Example Sentences

Now on a lighter note, with Selma, you did get Oprah to throw a mean haymaker.

From The Daily Beast

He struck just one wild haymaker of a blow that cleared the head of the cop by nearly a foot.

From Project Gutenberg

Keep the rake, says the haymaker, as nigh the scythe as you can, and the cart as nigh the rake.

From Project Gutenberg

He was finding nothing to say to Rue Carew, or saying what 318 he said as crudely and uncouthly as any haymaker in Gayfield.

From Project Gutenberg

Joe Prantera had been rocking with the mental blows he had been assimilating, but this was the final haymaker.

From Project Gutenberg

One amusing incident was long in circulation and laughed over by many who did not know the energetic haymaker by name.

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