haymaker

[ hey-mey-ker ]

/ ˈheɪˌmeɪ kər /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR haymaker ON THESAURUS.COM

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.

Origin of haymaker

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

Words nearby haymaker

Haygarth's nodes, haylage, Hayley, haylift, hayloft, haymaker, Haymarket, Haymarket Square, haymow, Haynes, Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

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Example sentences from the Web for haymaker

But we never really raised a melon fit for the table until the old Squire and Addison invented the "haymaker."
A Busy Year at the Old Squire's|Charles Asbury Stephens
The girls' suggestion gave us the idea of using the haymaker as a big hothouse.
A Busy Year at the Old Squire's|Charles Asbury Stephens
The sum total might be a quart, but would it be the same thing to the haymaker?
Feeding the Mind|Lewis Carroll
I am sunburnt, freckled, and altogether odious—like a haymaker or a market woman.
Phantom Fortune, A Novel|M. E. Braddon

But when thundershowers or occasional fogs or heavy dew came it was always open to us to put the grass through the haymaker.
A Busy Year at the Old Squire's|Charles Asbury Stephens

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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单词	haymaker
释义	haymaker [ hey-mey-ker ] / ˈheɪˌmeɪ kər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR haymaker ON THESAURUS.COM 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. Origin of haymaker 1400–50; 1910–15 for def. 2; late Middle English heymakere.See hay, maker Words nearby haymaker Haygarth's nodes, haylage, Hayley, haylift, hayloft, haymaker, Haymarket, Haymarket Square, haymow, Haynes, Hay-Pauncefote Treaty Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for haymaker But we never really raised a melon fit for the table until the old Squire and Addison invented the "haymaker." A Busy Year at the Old Squire's\|Charles Asbury Stephens The girls' suggestion gave us the idea of using the haymaker as a big hothouse. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's\|Charles Asbury Stephens The sum total might be a quart, but would it be the same thing to the haymaker? Feeding the Mind\|Lewis Carroll I am sunburnt, freckled, and altogether odious—like a haymaker or a market woman. Phantom Fortune, A Novel\|M. E. Braddon But when thundershowers or occasional fogs or heavy dew came it was always open to us to put the grass through the haymaker. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's\|Charles Asbury Stephens 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to haymaker bump, collision, slam, belt, impact, jar, jolt, percussion, thump, whack, kick, blow, crash, clash, punch, smack, slug, bash, smash, thwack
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haymaker

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for haymaker

noun

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