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divot
[ div-uht ]
noun
- Golf. a piece of turf gouged out with a club in making a stroke.
- Scot. a piece of turf.
divot
/ ˈdɪvət /
noun
- 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.
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Hunger's gude kitchen to a cauld potato, but a wet divot to the lowe o' love.
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As it was it entered the ground two feet behind the ball and emerged, with a superb divot, just in front.
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Before applying for the job our young friend Foozle would like to know whether he will be required to replace the divot.
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The old shepherd was sitting on his divot-seat, without the door, mending a shoe.
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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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