baffy

American  

[baf-ee] / ˈbæf i /

noun

Golf.

baffies plural

1. a short, wooden club with a steep-sloped face, for lofting the ball.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• baffies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of baffy

First recorded in 1885–90; baff + -y ²

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

baffy

Guess I kind of jarred you with that baffy shot.

From Fore! by Loan, Charles Emmett Van

"I fear he doesn't know a bulger from a baffy," he added sorrowfully.

From The Half-Back by Barbour, Ralph Henry

I got off a good tee-shot straight down the fairway, took a baffy for my second, and—— But that is not the point.

From The Clicking of Cuthbert by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

Therefore, when the lie is not reasonably perfect, the baffy is of little use, though in favourable circumstances it is a useful stick.

From The Complete Golfer by Vardon, Harry

The baffy demands, for the achievement of such success as it can afford, a fairly good lie, and when this is given it is a tolerably easy club to play with.

From The Complete Golfer by Vardon, Harry