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divot

[ div-uht ]

noun

  1. Golf. a piece of turf gouged out with a club in making a stroke.
  2. Scot. a piece of turf.


divot

/ 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of divot1

1530–40; originally Scots, earlier deva ( i ) t, diffat, duvat, of obscure origin

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Word History and Origins

Origin of divot1

C16: from Scottish, of obscure origin

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Example Sentences

The white divot at bottom right comes from an unresolvable conflict  between the edges of a vertical and a horizontal image.

Hunger's gude kitchen to a cauld potato, but a wet divot to the lowe o' love.

As it was it entered the ground two feet behind the ball and emerged, with a superb divot, just in front.

Before applying for the job our young friend Foozle would like to know whether he will be required to replace the divot.

The old shepherd was sitting on his divot-seat, without the door, mending a shoe.

He quietly lifted the lower edge of a divot on the roof, and peeped in to see what was going on.

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