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Definition: Haymaker |
HaymakerNoun1. A farm machine that treats hay to cause more rapid and even drying. 2. A hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "haymaker" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1841. (references) |
Synonyms: HaymakerSynonyms: hay conditioner (n), knockout punch (n). (additional references) |
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 | Bonk; bang; bat; bell ringer; belt; biff; blow; buffet; bump; butt; chop; clash; clip; clout; collision; cuff; fisticuff; glance; haymaker; impact; knock; leather; lick; one-two; one-two punch; paste; pat; plunk; punch; rap; rap; roundhouse; shock; shot; . |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Haymaker" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Haymaker" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 80% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 20% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "haymaker" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Haymaker | Last name | 300 | 24,618 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
haymaker | 9 |
course golf haymaker | 6 |
haymaker throwdown | 4 |
haymaker lexington tim | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "haymaker"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | përpunues bari, makinë tharëse bari, goditje e fortë nga poshtë. (various references) | |
Arabic | صانع التبن, التبان. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сенокосна машина, косач (cropper, mower), нокаут (kayo, knockout), пластач. (various references) | |
Czech | sušiè sena, obraceè sena. (various references) | |
Farsi | علف چین (Mower), علف خشک کن , علف دروکن , دستگاه علف خشک کنی . (various references) | |
Finnish | heinämies. (various references) | |
French | faneur. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szénaforgató (Tedder). (various references) | |
Italian | falciatore (mower, reaper). (various references) | |
Manx | traaghanagh, greie traagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aymakerhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | aquele que trata do feno. (various references) | |
Romanian | maşinã de cosit fânul, cosaş (grasshopper, grass-mower, harvester, mower, reaper, scytheman). (various references) | |
Russian | сеноуборочная машина, рабочий на сенокосе, косец (cropper, mower), косарь (mower). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | jak udarac (biff). (various references) | |
Spanish | heneador, trabajante (laboring, labouring), labrardor. (various references) | |
Swedish | sving, slåtterkarl (mower). (various references) | |
Thai | คนตั"หญ้าและนำหญ้าไปตาก. (various references) | |
Turkish | tırpancı (mower, shearer), tınaz makinesi, saman makinesi (chaff cutter), patoz, nakavt eden yumruk. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сіноворушилка, робітник на сінокосі. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người dỡ cỏ phơi khô. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "haymaker": haymakers. (additional references) | |
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"Haymaker" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Halmahera, Hehmeyer, Heymeyer, nayakkar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "haymaker" (pronounced hā"mā'ker) |
| 4 | -m ā' k er | dressmaker, drugmaker, automaker, boilermaker, carmaker, filmmaker, glassmaker, hatmaker, homemaker, Kingmaker, lawmaker, matchmaker, moneymaker, moviemaker, newsmaker, oddsmaker, pacemaker, peacemaker, printmaker, rainmaker, shoemaker, steelmaker, toolmaker, troublemaker. |
| 3 | -ā' k er | caretaker, icebreaker, lawbreaker, Muckraker, strikebreaker, undertaker. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-h-k-m-r-y" | |
-3 letters: harem, hayer, herma, karma, makar, maker, rayah, rhyme. | |
-4 letters: aery, ahem, amah, arak, area, army, ayah, eyra, haar, haem, hake, hame, hare, hark, harm, hear, herm, kame, kyar, maar, make, mare, mark, maya, merk, rake, raya, ream, rhea, ryke, yare, yeah, year, yerk. | |
-5 letters: aah, aha, ama, are, ark, arm, aye, ear, era. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-h-k-m-r-y" | |
+1 letter: haymakers. | |
+4 letters: holidaymaker. | |
+5 letters: holidaymakers. | |
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