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daisy cutter

dai·sy cut·ter
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dey-zee kuht-er]
    • /ˈdeɪ zi ˈkʌt ər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dey-zee kuht-er]
    • /ˈdeɪ zi ˈkʌt ər/

Definitions of daisy cutter words

  • noun daisy cutter a powerful shot that moves close to the ground 3
  • noun daisy cutter a ball bowled, kicked, or hit so that it rolls along the ground 3
  • noun daisy cutter a powerful bomb with a huge blast effect 3
  • noun daisy cutter Sports Slang. a batted or served ball that skims along near the ground. 1
  • noun daisy cutter Military Slang. an antipersonnel fragmentation bomb. 1
  • noun daisy cutter (baseball, slang, dated, 1800s) A well-struck ground ball. 0

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Origin of daisy cutter

First appearance:

before 1785
One of the 44% newest English words
First recorded in 1785-95

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Parts of speech for Daisy cutter

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

daisy cutter popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

daisy cutter usage trend in Literature

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