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
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The Nets threw haymakers with the defending champions on Friday but feel short in overtime.
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2024
The San Francisco 49ers are still the class of the conference, and the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles remain the heavyweights throwing haymakers at each other atop the NFC East.
—Austin Mock, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
The tensions have been turned up a few notches within minutes as wild threats were fired off with the latest haymakers thrown in each other’s direction.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 May 2024
The damage is done by throwing your haymakers in your best sequences.
—Eno Sarris, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2024
The San Francisco 49ers are still the class of the conference, and the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles remain the heavyweights throwing haymakers at each other atop the NFC East.
—Austin Mock, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
The tensions have been turned up a few notches within minutes as wild threats were fired off with the latest haymakers thrown in each other’s direction.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 May 2024
The damage is done by throwing your haymakers in your best sequences.
—Eno Sarris, The Athletic, 20 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 21 Dec. 2024.
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