divot

Meanings

Noun

• 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.

Verb

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

Origin

• 1530s, Scots divot ("turf"), of unclear origin. The Scots word also appeared as devat, diffat, and the earliest form (1435), duvat(e).