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HAYMAKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does haymaker mean? 

HAYMAKER (noun)
  The noun HAYMAKER has 2 senses:

1. a farm machine that treats hay to cause more rapid and even dryingplay

2. a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxingplay

  Familiarity information: HAYMAKER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HAYMAKER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A farm machine that treats hay to cause more rapid and even drying

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hay conditioner; haymaker

Hypernyms ("haymaker" is a kind of...):

farm machine (a machine used in farming)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

haymaker; knockout punch; KO punch; Sunday punch

Hypernyms ("haymaker" is a kind of...):

biff; clout; lick; poke; punch; slug ((boxing) a blow with the fist)


 Context examples 


It was not a bright or splendid summer evening, though fair and soft: the haymakers were at work all along the road; and the sky, though far from cloudless, was such as promised well for the future: its blue—where blue was visible—was mild and settled, and its cloud strata high and thin.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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