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divot

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈdɪvət/
  • /ˈdɪvɪt/
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  • rhymes with -ɪvət

1

noun

Meaning 1

A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: especially

Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A disruption in an otherwise smooth contour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A drop in a graph between two linear portions (example)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, mathematics, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: especially, transitive

Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: turf, sod, sward, greensward

6

noun

Meaning 6

(golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pit, cavity

History

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”)).

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: gleva — piece of turf
  • Czech: řízek — piece of turf
  • Czech: vytržený drn — piece of turf
  • French: divot — piece of turf
  • Galician: terrón — piece of turf
  • German: Rasenstück — piece of turf
  • German: (Gras)sode — piece of turf
  • Polish: kawałek darni — piece of turf
  • Spanish: chuleta — piece of turf
  • German: Vertiefung — a disruption in an otherwise smooth contour
  • German: Delle — a disruption in an otherwise smooth contour
  • German: Scharte — a disruption in an otherwise smooth contour
  • Polish: bruzda — a disruption in an otherwise smooth contour
  • Russian: вы́емка (výjemka) — a disruption in an otherwise smooth contour
  • Spanish: hoyito — a disruption in an otherwise smooth contour