# divot

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɪvət/ · frequency rank #82,235

## Definitions
1. A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof.
2. A disruption in an otherwise smooth contour.
3. A drop in a graph between two linear portions (example)

## Etymology
1530s, Scots divot (“turf”), also spelt devat, diffat, and the earliest form (1435), duvat(e), from Scottish Gaelic dubhad, a reduced form of dubh-fhàd, literally “black sod” (compare fàl (“turf, sod”)).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/divot