divot

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

divot

motte

motte de gazon

Synonymes

clod

sod

turf

Traductions

Rasenstück

gleva

ausgehacktes Rasenstück

zolla

aardkluit

chuleta

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈdɪvət/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”)).