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/ˈheɪmeɪkɚ/ · noun
(agriculture) 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.
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.
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.
Guardiola swung haymakers in all directions; he presented one of the world’s richest clubs as a noble, put-upon underdog; and he established a siege mentality with such coruscating precision that Football Daily instantly bet the farm on City winning the Premier League this season.
Use haymaker when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Haymaker means (agriculture) A person or machine which harvests or prepares tall grass for use as animal fodder..
Common synonyms include hay conditioner, knockout punch, ko punch, sunday punch.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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