How do you use Haymaker in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like lick or poke, plus the exact meaning.
Haymaker meaning
- A person or machine which harvests or prepares tall grass for use as animal fodder.
- A particularly powerful punch, especially one which knocks down an opponent, thrown like a scythe chop for cutting hay, as agricultural haymakers used to have strong arms.
- Any decisive blow, shock, or forceful action.
Synonyms of Haymaker
Using Haymaker
- The main meaning on this page is: A person or machine which harvests or prepares tall grass for use as animal fodder. | A particularly powerful punch, especially one which knocks down an opponent, thrown like a scythe chop for cutting hay, as agricultural haymakers used to have strong arms. | Any decisive blow, shock, or forceful action.
- Useful related words include: hay conditioner, lick, poke, clout.
- In the example corpus, haymaker often appears in combinations such as: haymaker acquisition, haymaker or.
Context around Haymaker
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Haymaker
- In this selection, "haymaker" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 2310, rained, roundhouse, road, punches and intense stand out and add context to how "haymaker" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a roundhouse haymaker or sucker and church 2310 haymaker road in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "haymaker" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with haymaker
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Haymaker earned bachelor’s degrees in economics and French from Kansas State University. (13 words)
Meetings will resume in September, and take place at Cross Roads Presbyterian Church, 2310 Haymaker Road in Monroeville. (18 words)
Jackson turned back to Warren to see if the answer satisfied her, and the Massachusetts senator delivered another haymaker. (19 words)
If this is Apple’s most experimental work, I also find it to be the most soothing — as if she has arrived at forms and formats that are perfect kin to the work her voice is doing, which is haymaker-intense and balance-beam nimble. (45 words)
A large, swinging circular punch starting from a cocked-back position with the arm at a longer extension than the hook and all of the fighter's weight behind it is sometimes referred to as a "roundhouse," "haymaker," or sucker-punch. (41 words)
Thankfully, it's pretty easy to spot and dodge after seeing it a few times and he's got no variety, so dodge this attack and then deliver a haymaker each time until it's done. (36 words)
Example sentences (9)
Meetings will resume in September, and take place at Cross Roads Presbyterian Church, 2310 Haymaker Road in Monroeville.
He also tried to choke her and pulled out clumps of her hair as he rained “haymaker” punches on her in Fort William on August 22 last year.
If this is Apple’s most experimental work, I also find it to be the most soothing — as if she has arrived at forms and formats that are perfect kin to the work her voice is doing, which is haymaker-intense and balance-beam nimble.
Jackson turned back to Warren to see if the answer satisfied her, and the Massachusetts senator delivered another haymaker.
Thankfully, it's pretty easy to spot and dodge after seeing it a few times and he's got no variety, so dodge this attack and then deliver a haymaker each time until it's done.
And just when you thought one team’s legs were getting a little wobbly, they’d connect on a haymaker and gain control of the game.
Haymaker earned bachelor’s degrees in economics and French from Kansas State University.
A large, swinging circular punch starting from a cocked-back position with the arm at a longer extension than the hook and all of the fighter's weight behind it is sometimes referred to as a "roundhouse," "haymaker," or sucker-punch.
For this reason, the haymaker or roundhouse is not a conventional punch, and is regarded by trainers as a mark of poor technique or desperation.
Common combinations with haymaker
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- haymaker acquisition 2×
- haymaker or 2×