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Definition of Haymaker
1. Noun. A farm machine that treats hay to cause more rapid and even drying.
2. Noun. A hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing.
Generic synonyms: Biff, Clout, Lick, Poke, Punch, Slug
Definition of Haymaker
1. n. One who cuts and cures hay.
Definition of Haymaker
1. Noun. (agriculture) A person or machine which harvests or prepares tall grass for use as animal fodder. ¹
2. Noun. (informal fisticuffs) A particularly powerful punch, especially one which knocks down an opponent. ¹
3. Noun. (figuratively by extension) Any decisive blow, shock, or forceful action. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Haymaker
1. one that makes hay [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haymaker
Literary usage of Haymaker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants: A History of Frederick by Thomas Kemp Cartmell (1909)
"We find Adam haymaker the gunsmith of the early war period, very much in evidence.
... He was bound to haymaker to serve his time until he was 21 years old. ..."
2. Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, Fifteen Months a Guest of by John McElroy (1879)
""OLE BOO," AND "OLE SOL, THE haymaker"—A FETID, BURNING DESERT NOISOME WATER ...
The Ole haymaker would do some famous work before lie descended in the West ..."
3. The History of Henry Milner: A Little Boy, who was Not Brought Up According by Sherwood (Mary Martha) (1823)
"The Irish haymaker and Farmer Smith. " I WONDER the poor Irish haymaker does not
come," said Henry Milner, one morning to his uncle; " it is now five days ..."
4. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania: With Some by Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Jasper Yeates, Charles Smith, Pennsylvania Circuit Courts, William Duane (1871)
"Lessee of DAVID MEADE against FREDRICK haymaker and LUKE STEVENS. David Mea^e
and others under the law of 9th March 1796, are entitle'.! to take out war- ..."
5. The Sunny Side of the Street by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1905)
"Croker as a haymaker.—Does Not Keep Opinions on Tap.—He and Chauncey Depew on
New York City Politics.—Croker Bewilders a London Salesman. ..."
6. Jail journal, or, Five years in British prisons by John Mitchel (1854)
"... Priests and Holy Wells—Destiny of Reilly—haymaker goes to the Diggings—A
Stranger Appears amongst us—PJ Smyth—Meeting with O'Doherty and ..."
7. Camp-fires in the Canadian Rockies by William Temple Hornaday (1906)
"CHAPTER XXI THE SMALL NEIGHBORS OF THE BIG GAME Animal Life on the Summits—The
Little Chief "Hare"—A Four- Footed haymaker—The Fate of "Little Mike"—The ..."
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