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How to pronounce divot in English?

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Type Words
Type of turf, greensward, sod, sward
Type Words
Type of pit, cavity


it was a good drive but the ball ended up in a divot.

Examples of divot

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There may still be a divot in the Browns Stadium turf where Harrison spiked him.
From the omaha.com
Blaming opposition players tee-shirts, the referee or a divot is not the answer.
From the expressandstar.com
So without making a divot, Snedeker used a lob wedge and somehow knocked it in.
From the orlandosentinel.com
We aren't suggesting that someone attempt to take a divot out of his backside.
From the ocregister.com
Photos and video shows his ball dropped at least a yard behind his previous divot.
From the heraldtribune.com
Surely I had dug a tunnel to China, but I had barely made a divot in the road.
From the forbes.com
The presidential divot is still there, in what's now known as the Eisenhower Suite.
From the usatoday.com
His club cut completely under the ball, which fell off the tuft and into the divot.
From the delawareonline.com
Villegas picked up some grass while his golf ball was rolling back toward his divot.
From the dailynews.com
More examples
  • (golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke; "it was a good drive but the ball ended up in a divot"
  • A piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club)
  • The following is a glossary of the terminology used in the sport of golf. Where words in a sentence are also defined elsewhere in this article, they appear in italics.
  • (Divots) The Heart of a Goof is a collection of nine short stories by English comic writer P. G. Wodehouse. It was first published in the United Kingdom on April 15, 1926 by Herbert Jenkins, and in the United States on March 4, 1927 by George H. Doran, New York, under the title Divots.
  • A torn up piece of turf (e.g. by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof)
  • (divots) Anything left behind on the ground by performers doing a bit (usually at closing gate) including props, chunks of food (see food grovels), or "dead" persons. A yell of "Divots!" indicates that the performers must remove these obstructions so the next skit may begin.
  • A gash of dirt and grass you take with your swing
  • Colourful Scottish word for the piece of turf scooped from the ground in front of the ball in the course of an iron shot. ...
  • The clump of grass dug up from under the ball on fairway iron shots.