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haymaker

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈheɪmeɪkɚ/Part of speech nounSorted aaehkmryStarts with HEnds with R0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing

Word origin

From Middle English heymakere; equivalent to hay + maker.

Used in a sentence

  • 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 interview consisted of [Demis] Hassabis challenging [Joe] McDonagh to a series of games; he beat the candidate in a race to fold an origami bird, but decided not to test his left hook or his haymaker.

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