Associations to the word «Divot»

Wiktionary

DIVOT, noun. A torn up piece of turf (e.g. by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof).
DIVOT, noun. A disruption in an otherwise smooth contour.

Dictionary definition

DIVOT, noun. (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".
DIVOT, noun. A piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats