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haymaker

/hey-mey-ker/US // ˈheɪˌmeɪ kər //UK // (ˈheɪˌmeɪkə) //

干草制造商,干酪,铡刀

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or machine that cuts hay and spreads it to dry.
    • : Slang. a punch delivered with great force, especially one that results in a knockout.

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Examples

  • Now on a lighter note, with Selma, you did get Oprah to throw a mean haymaker.

  • He struck just one wild haymaker of a blow that cleared the head of the cop by nearly a foot.

  • Keep the rake, says the haymaker, as nigh the scythe as you can, and the cart as nigh the rake.

  • He was finding nothing to say to Rue Carew, or saying what 318 he said as crudely and uncouthly as any haymaker in Gayfield.

  • Joe Prantera had been rocking with the mental blows he had been assimilating, but this was the final haymaker.

  • One amusing incident was long in circulation and laughed over by many who did not know the energetic haymaker by name.