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.

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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

“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

To make the sheets as flat as they are, they had to use molding plates that are perfectly smooth at the atomic level, meaning there are no microscopic divots or other imperfections on the surface.

From Science Daily

But the light poles are the most glaring thefts, leaving behind a knot of electrical wiring and dark divots in the concrete where the poles had stood.

From Los Angeles Times

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