Synonyms
- bang
- bash
- bat
- beat
- belt
- biff
- blow
- bop
- box
- buffet
- bust
- chop
- clap
- clip
- clout
- crack
- cuff
- dab
- douse [British]
- fillip
- hack
- 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
- whap
Examples of haymaker in a Sentence
He was knocked down by a haymaker to his jaw.
dealt his opponent a haymaker that sent him reeling across the boxing ring
Recent Examples on the Web
The San Diego Padres punched their playoff ticket after delivering a haymaker to their payroll.
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Jay Paris, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
The Rams accepted the challenge, took a haymaker in the kisser but declined to fade away.
—Jay Paris, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
The angle from which the video was shot obscures whether the haymaker thrown by Julio Urías struck his wife.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
Corner Nick McCloud threw haymakers into a crowd to defend rookie corner Dru Phillips.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2024
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Jay Paris, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
The Rams accepted the challenge, took a haymaker in the kisser but declined to fade away.
—Jay Paris, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
The angle from which the video was shot obscures whether the haymaker thrown by Julio Urías struck his wife.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
Corner Nick McCloud threw haymakers into a crowd to defend rookie corner Dru Phillips.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for haymaker
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“Haymaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haymaker. Accessed 13 Oct. 2024.
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