Rainmaker

A shot on the Wii Sport Tennis game where the ball is hit so hard, you can see the air being travelled behind it like a cloud.

Evan: "Whoa! Ha! Rainmaker hit by Anna!"
Austin: "Shut up, we're still beating you!"

by Anna Hedgehog June 12, 2008

Rainmaker

Usually a senior investment banker such as an MD who generates large sums of money by doing business with high profile clients. Synonyms include: Baller, Boss, King

Usually drives a Bentley and wears gold dollar cufflinks

Analyst 1: Yo dawg, what's your bonus?
Analyst 2: Man, I only got $60K

Analyst 1: Damn son, we bustin' out 100 hours for such a weak bonus!
Analyst 2: For real, man I heard those guys over in TMT got $90K thanks to the rainmaker
Analyst 1: Yeah dawg, Joe is such a boss.

by The_Original_Rainmaker January 12, 2010

Rainmaker

1. A Ripcord Lariat wrestling move performed by the Japanese professional wrestler Kazuchika Okada.

2. The nickname for the Japanese professional wrestler Kazuchika Okada.

Hardly anyone has kicked out after the Rainmaker!

by Shinsuke is my husbando August 11, 2022

Rainmaker

A person of such tremendous social influence they are able to set into motion the rippling effects of social and economic change directly through indirect means.

Commonly, these types employ their power through Machiavellian tactics and are regularly characterized by acute sociopathic tendencies.

Some examples of these types:
Political leaders -
Mayors
Royalty
Senators
Presidents
Governors
Mafia Dons
Civil Servants
Prime Ministers
EU Commissioners
Members of International Banking Families -
Rockefellers
Rothschilds
Morgans
Seligmans
CEOs, Directors, Chairmen, and Majority Shareholders of Major Corporations -
Banks
Media

Dave Rothschild is a Rainmaker.

by Robert Vincent Piccirillo December 27, 2006

Rainmaker

Someone who sends a lot of money to scammers. Term used in Nigeria as slang between scammers to talk about their big money marks.

My Rainmaker is sending me some funds.

by eldor February 03, 2010

rainmaker

An employee who creates a significant amount of new business to a company. This term is often used in the context of a financial services company, such as a brokerage.

We need to hire a rainmaker to bring our business up from a slump of no sales.

by dan July 25, 2003

rainmaker

1. a powerful and successful representative or agent who generates a lot of unexpected business, especially a law firm

2. a ball hit very high to the outfield or beyond the fence

They were once a rainmaker, but they are now bankrupt.

by The Return of Light Joker April 02, 2009