divot

== English == === Etymology === 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”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɪvət/, /ˈdɪvɪt/ Rhymes: -ɪvət === Noun === 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. A disruption in an otherwise smooth contour. (mathematics, astronomy) A drop in a graph between two linear portions (example) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === divot (third-person singular simple present divots, present participle divoting, simple past and past participle divoted) (transitive, especially golf) To tear up pieces of turf from, especially with a golf club in making a stroke. === References === “divot”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. Fenton, Alexander (1986): The Shape of the Past: Essays in Scottish Ethnology, Volume 2