divot

UK: /ˈdɪvət/ US: /ˈdɪvət/ ,(div′ət)

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div•ot /ˈdɪvət/   n. [countable]

1. Sport a piece of dirt or grass torn out or removed by a golf club while making a stroke.

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div•ot  (div′ət), n. 

1. Sport [Golf.] a piece of turf gouged out with a club in making a stroke.
2. Scottish Terms a piece of turf.

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

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divot / ˈdɪvət/ noun

1. a piece of turf dug out of a grass surface, esp by a golf club or by horses' hooves

Etymology: 16th Century: from Scottish, of obscure origin