divot
divot Lexical Profile
divot Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A piece of turf or grass cut out of the ground by a golf club in making a stroke, or by a horse's hoof or the cleat of a shoe, as well as the resulting shallow hole left behind.
"The golfer carefully replaced the displaced divot on the fairway after taking his iron shot."
A small dent, pit, or shallow depression in a surface.
"Dropping the heavy skillet left a noticeable divot in the hardwood kitchen floor."
• verb
To tear up or make shallow holes in a surface, especially turf or grass.
"The galloping horses divoted the soft, rain-soaked polo field during the final chukker."
• Rhymes for divot
Word Origin & Etymology
Originating in 16th-century Scots, the word originally referred to a thin, flat, oblong piece of turf or sod used as a roofing material like a slate or tile. It was later popularized globally through the Scottish game of golf to describe a piece of turf dislodged by a club head.