Haymaker

Quick meaning: Haymaker is a noun meaning (agriculture) A person or machine which harvests or prepares tall grass for use as animal fodder.

Meaning

(agriculture) A person or machine which harvests or prepares tall grass for use as animal fodder.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively, by extension) Any decisive blow, shock, or forceful action.
2. (informal, fisticuffs) 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.

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

• haymakers

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include harvester, harvestman, haymonger, hayricker, foragemaster, reaper.

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