Meaning & use
daisy cutter
A ball that travels or is hit low along the ground rather than through the air.
See it in a sentence
The batter sent a daisy cutter racing between the fielders for an easy double.
His weak daisy cutter shot barely had enough pace to reach the goalkeeper.
A note on using this word
Daisy cutter is common in cricket and soccer for a low, skimming shot, and separately names a large bomb that detonates just above the ground.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A large bomb designed to explode just above the ground, clearing a wide area.
The daisy cutter bomb was used to flatten dense vegetation for helicopter landing zones.
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