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div⋅ot

  [div-uht]
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–noun
1. Golf. a piece of turf gouged out with a club in making a stroke.
2. Scot. a piece of turf.
Origin:
1530–40; orig. Scots, earlier deva(i)t, diffat, duvat, of obscure orig.
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div·ot   (dĭv'ət)   
n.  

  1. A piece of turf torn up by a golf club in striking a ball, or by a horse's hoof.

  2. Scots A thin square of turf or sod used for roofing.


[Scots, a turf.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
divot [ˈdɪvət]

  1. n.
    a toupee; a partial toupee. (See also rug.) : His divot slipped, but no one laughed.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

divot 
1536, from Scot., lit. "piece of turf or sod" used for roofing material, etc., of unknown origin. The golfing sense is from 1886.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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