Daisy Cutter Definition
noun
A very large conventional bomb delivered by aircraft and designed to explode a short distance above the ground, with the blast damage concentrated at ground level in a radius extending for hundreds of feet.
American Heritage
(baseball, slang, dated, 1800s) A well-struck ground ball.
Wiktionary
(cricket) A ball that bounces more than once before reaching the batsman.
Wiktionary
(slang) The BLU-82 bomb, for its ability to flatten a forest into a helicopter landing zone.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- anti-personnel bomb
- antipersonnel-bomb
- fragmentation-bomb
Other Word Forms of Daisy Cutter
Noun
Singular:
daisy cutterPlural:
daisy-cutters
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