divot

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (especially) A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof.
2. A disruption in an otherwise smooth contour.
3. A drop in a graph between two linear portions (example)
4. The space between two pillows.

Verb

To tear up pieces of turf from, especially with a golf club in making a stroke.

Conceptos

chuleta

Sinónimos

clod

sod

turf

Traducciones

divot

Rasenstück

motte

motte de gazon

zolla

gleva

aardkluit

ausgehacktes Rasenstück

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈdɪvət/

Etimología (Inglés)

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”)).