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sclaff

[ sklaf ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to scrape (the ground) with the head of the club just before impact with the ball.


verb (used without object)

  1. to sclaff the ground with the club.

noun

  1. a sclaffing stroke.

sclaff

/ ²õ°ì±ôæ´Ú /

verb

  1. Alsoduff to cause (the club) to hit (the ground behind the ball) when making a stroke
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a sclaffing stroke or shot
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ³¦±ô²¹´Ú´Ú±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ³¦±ô²¹´Ú´Úİù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sclaff1

1890–95; special use of Scots sclaf to shuffle
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sclaff1

C19: from Scottish sclaf to shuffle
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Example Sentences

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The "sclaff" he struck off that 5th tee bore a strong resemblance to a wounded bird.

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When, as often happens, this is done too suddenly, a sclaff is the result.

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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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