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sclaff definition

sclaff (sklaf, skläf)

intransitive verb

Golf to strike or scrape the ground before hitting the ball

Etymology: < Scot sclaf, to shuffle: of echoic orig.

transitive verb

  1. to scrape (a club) along (the ground) before hitting the ball
  2. to hit (the ball) in this way

noun

a sclaffing stroke

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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