divot
Americannoun
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Golf. a piece of turf gouged out with a club in making a stroke.
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Scot. a piece of turf.
noun
Etymology
Origin of divot
1530–40; originally Scots, earlier deva ( i ) t, diffat, duvat, of obscure origin
Explanation
A divot is a little chunk of grass or turf that gets dug out of the ground. Playing golf creates many divots. Have you ever seen a lawn that is perfectly maintained and smooth? That's a piece of ground without any divots. A divot is a little piece of the earth that flies up when something sharp hits it, like an animal's sharp hooves. The chunk of earth is a divot, and the cavity left behind is also called a divot. The cleats of football players and the powerful swings of golf players both result in divots.
Vocabulary lists containing divot
The Book of Unknown Americans
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Example Sentences
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Beadnose also trounced 854 Divot, a female whose nickname derived from her habit of digging holes next to the river and who is known for stealing fish from anglers’ lines.
From Washington Post • Oct. 9, 2018
Jack Lefebvre, who seemed to be the only Clinton supporter at Fred’s Divot, kept quiet most of the night as he sat beneath the TV and kept busy on his phone.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2016
"By trade, I work in a casino," says John Yahnite, president and founder of Divot Check, which is an ailment aid that also protects driving range grass.
From Golf Digest • May 19, 2016
As soon as he was fairly seated, Alec said in a low voice across the double desk to one of the boys opposite, calling him by his nickname, "I say, Divot, do ye ken Juno?"
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George
He found solace neither in Braid "On the Pivot" nor in Duncan "On the Divot".
From The Clicking of Cuthbert by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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