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divot
- /ˈdɪvət/
- /ˈdɪvɪt/
Rhymes with -ɪvət
Where it comes from
1530s, Scots divot (“turf”), also spelt devat, diffat, and the earliest form (1435), duvat(e), from Scottish Gaelic dubhad, a reduced form of dubh-fhàd, literally “black sod” (compare fàl (“turf, sod”)).
noun divots
- A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof. 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.
- A disruption in an otherwise smooth contour. In these coldest hours before dawn, from three until six, I take up my knife again and hack at the chockstone. I continue to make minimal but visible progress in the divot.
- A drop in a graph between two linear portions (example)
verb divots · divoting · divoted
- To tear up pieces of turf from, especially with a golf club in making a stroke.
Translations
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noun piece of turf
| Español | chuleta |
|---|---|
| Français | divot |
| Deutsch | Rasenstück, (Gras)sode |
noun a disruption in an otherwise smooth contour
| Español | hoyito |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Vertiefung, Delle, Scharte |
| Русский | вы́емка výjemka |
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title = {divot},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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