haymaker

hay·mak·er

noun \-ˌmā-kər\

: a powerful hit with the fist : a very hard punch

Full Definition of HAYMAKER

:  a powerful blow

Examples of HAYMAKER

1. He was knocked down by a haymaker to his jaw.
2. <dealt his opponent a haymaker that sent him reeling across the boxing ring>

First Known Use of HAYMAKER

1902

Related to HAYMAKER

Synonyms

bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, biff, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, douse [British], fillip, hack, ¹blow, hit, hook, knock, larrup [dialect], lash, lick, pelt, pick, plump, poke, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop (also whap)

Related Words

counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstroke; body blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercut; cruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KO; bastinado (or bastinade), battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling (or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing; flogging, walloping, whip, whipping

Rhymes with HAYMAKER

backbreaker, bookmaker, caretaker, carmaker, comaker, dressmaker, drugmaker, filmmaker, gill raker, glassmaker, groundbreaker, grubstaker, hatmaker, heartbreaker, homemaker, housebreaker, icebreaker, jawbreaker, kingmaker, lawbreaker, lawmaker, mapmaker, matchmaker, mistaker, muckraker, mythmaker, noisemaker, oddsmaker, pacemaker, peacemaker, phrasemaker, platemaker, playmaker, Poundmaker, printmaker, rainmaker, sailmaker, saltshaker, shirtmaker, shoemaker, snowmaker, steelmaker, strikebreaker, tastemaker, tiebreaker, toolmaker, trailbreaker, watchmaker, winemaker, wiseacre