noun

divot

DIV-ut/ˈdɪvət/

A small piece torn from a surface.

The golf club knocks a divot loose from the grass.

A close-up of a freshly displaced chunk of golf-course turf beside its matching shallow scar, with an iron clubhead just beyond the scar and a golf ball slightly airborne ahead of it.

Etymology

Divot originally meant a piece of grass-covered turf, used for roofing and other purposes. Golf specialized that meaning to turf cut out by a club during a stroke; its ancestry is unknown.

In context

AlexElliottGolf0:00

this is the one simple adjustment that you need to make with your ball position to help you take a divot with your irons

The WEIRD ADJUSTMENT that gets you hitting a DIVOT EVERY TIME with your IRONS!!

More examples

Please replace any divots you knock out of the turf.
The blade tears a divot from the wooden tabletop.
The cart wheel drops into a divot in the path.

Forms

divot · divots

Similar words

chip: A small fragment broken from a hard material.
chunk: Usually a larger, thicker piece, not necessarily torn away.