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sclaff
[ sklaf ]
verb (used with object)
- to scrape (the ground) with the head of the club just before impact with the ball.
verb (used without object)
- to sclaff the ground with the club.
noun
- a sclaffing stroke.
sclaff
/ sklæf /
verb
- Alsoduff to cause (the club) to hit (the ground behind the ball) when making a stroke
noun
- a sclaffing stroke or shot
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Derived Forms
- ˈsclaffer, noun
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Other Words From
- sclaffer noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sclaff1
1890–95; special use of Scots sclaf to shuffle
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sclaff1
C19: from Scottish sclaf to shuffle
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Example Sentences
The "sclaff" he struck off that 5th tee bore a strong resemblance to a wounded bird.
From Golf Digest
When, as often happens, this is done too suddenly, a sclaff is the result.
From Project Gutenberg
AND some we loved, the feeblest with a Club, Ordain’d to sclaff, to foozle, and to flub, Have turned in Cards a Round or two before, And played that final Green without a Rub.
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Oh, would that such mishaps might fall On Laidlay or Macfie, That they might toe or heel the ball, And sclaff along like me!
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