divot
1530s, Scots divot, of unclear origin. The Scots word also appeared as devat, diffat, and the earliest form (1435), duvat(e). Pronunciation
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1530s, Scots divot, of unclear origin. The Scots word also appeared as devat, diffat, and the earliest form (1435), duvat(e). Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈdɪvət/
divot (plural divots)
- (especially, golf) A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof.
- 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, New York: Scribner, 1953, Chapter 8, p. 155,
- Usually her voice came over the wire as something fresh and cool, as if a divot from a green golf-links had come sailing in at the office window, but this morning it seemed harsh and dry.
- 2007, Lewis Crofts, The Pornographer of Vienna, London: Old Street, Chapter 1, p. 4,
- Soon, thick dark tufts of hair began to spread across his scalp, hanging over his ears, a moor of unruly divots which he was first unable to tame and with time willingly cultivated.
- 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, New York: Scribner, 1953, Chapter 8, p. 155,
- A disruption in an otherwise smooth contour.
- Russian: вы́емка
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