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Haymaker
//ˈheɪmeɪkɚ// name, noun, slang
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Noun
- 1 A person or machine which harvests or prepares tall grass for use as animal fodder.
"A long rank of haymakers—men and women—proceeded with their rakes, the white shirt-sleeves, straw bonnets, and ruddy faces, radiant in the bath of sunshine."
- 2 a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing wordnet
- 3 A particularly powerful punch, especially one which knocks down an opponent, thrown like a scythe chop for cutting hay, as agricultural haymakers used to have strong arms. informal
"The saga of Newt Gingrich's ethics suddenly resembles a brawl between blindfolded boxers who flail away so wildly that each lands a haymaker on his own jaw."
- 4 a farm machine that treats hay to cause more rapid and even drying wordnet
- 5 Any decisive blow, shock, or forceful action. broadly, figuratively
"The real potential haymaker for the industry is a proposal, now gaining support in Congress, that would tax the profits private equity reaps on selling companies not at the low cap gains rate, but at the regular income tax rate."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English heymakere; equivalent to hay + maker.
Etymology 2
An occupational surname, from haymaker.
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