"haymaker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: haymakers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English heymakere; equivalent to hay + maker. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|heymakere}} Middle English heymakere, {{compound|en|hay|maker}} hay + maker Head templates: {{en-noun}} haymaker (plural haymakers)
  1. (agriculture) A person or machine which harvests or prepares tall grass for use as animal fodder. Categories (topical): Agriculture
    Sense id: en-haymaker-en-noun-upCcBvAx Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
  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. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Occupations, People, Violence Translations (punch): pugnobatego (Esperanto), tyrmäysisku (Finnish), isku (Finnish), нокаут (nokaut) (Russian), косар (kosar) [masculine] (Ukrainian), косильник (kosylʹnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-haymaker-en-noun-WOYqLtZ3 Disambiguation of Occupations: 34 55 11 Disambiguation of People: 1 98 1 Disambiguation of Violence: 24 63 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 47 19 Disambiguation of 'punch': 0 100 0
  3. (figuratively, by extension) Any decisive blow, shock, or forceful action. Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-haymaker-en-noun-PWy4~Eae

Inflected forms

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