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sclaff

  [sklaf] Golf.
Use sclaff in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to scrape (the ground) with the head of the club just before impact with the ball.
–verb (used without object)
2. to sclaff the ground with the club.
–noun
3. a sclaffing stroke.
Origin:
1890–95; special use of Scots sclaf to shuffle

Related forms:
sclaffer, noun
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sclaff   (sklāf)   
v.   sclaffed, sclaff·ing, sclaffs

v.   intr.
To scrape or strike the ground with a golf club behind the ball before hitting it.
v.   tr.

  1. To strike (the ground) with a golf club before hitting the ball.

  2. To hit (a ball) in this manner.


[Scots, to strike with a flat surface.]
sclaff n., sclaff'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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