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haymaker
[ hey-mey-ker ]
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.
haymaker
/ ˈ³ó±ðɪˌ³¾±ðɪ°ìÉ™ /
noun
- a person who helps to cut, turn, toss, spread, or carry hay
- 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
- slang.boxing a wild swinging punch
Derived Forms
- ˈ³ó²¹²âËŒ³¾²¹°ì¾±²Ô²µ, adjectivenoun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of haymaker1
Example Sentences
He argued that Jackson had thrown a "haymaker of a punch" in anger.
Months of soul searching had led USC to the brink of that moment Saturday, having fought its way back once, then again, then again, returning every haymaker from Michigan with a punch of its own.
Following a nervous start, Catterall grew into the fight and gained control in the latter stages as Prograis desperately sought a knockout, twice sweeping himself off his own feet with attempted haymakers.
The angle from which the video was shot obscures whether the haymaker thrown by Julio UrÃas struck his wife.
The stalky power forward, a son of a professional Congolese boxer, tried to match every American haymaker with a punch of his own.
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