sclaff

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(sklaf, skläf)

intransitive verb

Golf to strike or scrape the ground before hitting the ball

Origin: < 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

See sclaff in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb sclaffed, sclaff·ing, sclaffs
verb, intransitive
To scrape or strike the ground with a golf club behind the ball before hitting it.
verb, transitive
  1. To strike (the ground) with a golf club before hitting the ball.
  2. To hit (a ball) in this manner.

Origin:

Origin: Scots, to strike with a flat surface

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Related Forms:

  • sclaff noun
  • sclaffˈer noun
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