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English
Etymology
- From plowing through a field and flattening and mowing down hypothetical daisies.
- (explosive): From flattening vegetation in a round region creating a clearing reminiscent of a daisy flower
Pronunciation
Noun
daisy cutter (plural daisy cutters)
- (baseball, slang, dated, 1800s) A well-struck ground ball.
- (cricket) A ball that bounces more than once before reaching the batsman.
- A fast-going horse that does not lift its feet high.
- (military, slang) The BLU-82 bomb, known for its ability to flatten a forest into a helicopter landing zone.
- Synonyms: Big Blue 82, cheeseburger
Coordinate terms
(BLU-82):
References
- (horse): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary