What is "daisy cutter"

alt. 1 (context baseball slang dated 1800s English) A well-struck ground ball. 2 (context cricket English) A ball that bounces more than once before reaching the batsman. 3 (context slang English) The BLU-82 bomb, for its ability to flatten a forest into a helicopter landing zone. n. 1 (context baseball slang dated 1800s English) A well-struck ground ball. 2 (context cricket English) A ball that bounces more than once before reaching the batsman. 3 (context slang English) The BLU-82 bomb, for its ability to flatten a forest into a helicopter landing zone.

1. n. a bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments; most effective against troops and vehicles [syn: fragmentation bomb, antipersonnel bomb, anti-personnel bomb]

2. a batted or served ball that skims along close to the ground

Daisy cutter may mean:

• Daisy cutter (fuse), a type of fuse used to convert conventional bombs into defoliant and anti-personnel weapons
• A type of bomb (see Daisy cutter (fuse)), including the BLU-82
• A seldom used term for a sharply struck ground ball in baseball, used mostly in Vintage base ball
• In cricket, a ball that bounces multiple times before reaching the batsman
• The second studio album by the Rockville, Maryland band The Low Life
• The sixth song on 311's ninth studio album Uplifter
• A west coast pale ale brewed by Half Acre Beer Company, Chicago, IL.
• Daisy Cutter- A UK based burlesque performer and costumier.

A daisy cutter is a type of fuse designed to detonate an aerial bomb at or above ground level. The fuse itself is a long probe affixed to the weapon's nose, which detonates the bomb if it touches the ground or any solid object.