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divot

American  
[div-uht] / ˈdɪv ət /

noun

  1. Golf. a piece of turf gouged out with a club in making a stroke.

  2. Scot. a piece of turf.

divot British  
/ ˈdɪvət /

noun

  1. a piece of turf dug out of a grass surface, esp by a golf club or by horses' hooves

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Etymology

Origin of divot

1530–40; originally Scots, earlier deva ( i ) t, diffat, duvat, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

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His words drop from his lips like stones, their weight practically makes divots in the snow.

From Literature

On the surface were three divots in the shape of arrows.

From Literature

“I learned a long time ago, if there’s not a divot, the diameter decreases,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The bristles would allow you to gently brush into all the little honeycomb sections or little divots,” Beitchman explained.

From Salon

But Farke could not definitively say if there was a rogue divot on the pitch which had cost his injury-hit side two crucial points at the Stadium of Light after an impressive display.

From BBC

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