grasscutter

[ gras-kuht-er, grahs- ]

noun

1. a device used to cut grass, as a lawn mower.
2. Baseball. a ground ball that travels with great speed across the infield close to and barely touching the turf.

Word History and Origins

Origin of grasscutter¹

First recorded in 1850–55; grass + cutter

Example Sentences

"It's unbelievable. I'm a grasscutter not a caddie," said MacIntyre senior.

From BBC

Nearby, grasscutter rodents are skinned.

From Reuters

Quartey has helpfully added a glossary, where we learn, for example, that a “grasscutter,” mentioned in passing in the narrative, is a “bush rat, the meat of which is used in soups and stews.”

From Washington Post

Its ingredients are the leaf of the cocoyam plant; dried mudfish, tilapia or other river fish; mushrooms; snails; onions; ginger; garlic; and sometimes grasscutter, the cane rat, which my mother says “adds gamy flavor for those who like it.”

From New York Times

The academics are now trying to sequence the grasscutter’s genome, in the hope of breeding more docile animals.

From Economist