dogleg

[dawg-leg, dog-]

noun

1. a route, way, or course that turns at a sharp angle.

adjective

1. dog-legged.

verb (used without object)

doglegged, doglegging 

1. to proceed around a sharp angle or along an angular or zigzag course.

   The road doglegged through the mountains.

dogleg

/ ˈdɒɡˌlɛɡ, ˌdɒɡˈlɛɡɪd, ˈdɒɡˌlɛɡd /

noun

1. 1. a sharp bend or angle

   2. something with a sharp bend

verb

1. (intr) to go off at an angle

adjective

1. of or with the shape of a dogleg

Other Word Forms

• doglegged adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dogleg¹

First recorded in 1885–90; dog + leg

Example Sentences

In Northern California, the boundaries of Kiley’s district would shrink and dogleg into the Sacramento suburbs to add registered Democrats.

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Knapp’s only bogey through the first two rounds was on his 12th hole Friday, the dogleg No. 3, where his drive went into the left rough.

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The latest change sees the par-five second hole - a dowhnill dogleg left which many players reach the green in two shots - extended by 10 yards for this year's Masters, which begins on Thursday.

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The sixth, now some 503 yards, has a slight dogleg to the right with fairway bunkers to the left and Allen's Creek running down the right, cutting across the fairway and then down the left.

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We had more than one letter squeezed into a square; we had words that went over the boundaries of the puzzle; we had words dogleg into words below, above, right or left.

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