sclaffn.

/sklaf/

Etymology: See sclaff v.

Golf.

A stroke in which the club scrapes the ground before hitting the ball.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > types of shot or stroke

putta1754

like1790

drive1829

tee-shot1850

gobble1857

push shot1865

iron shot1870

push stroke1873

drive-off1884

slice1886

raker1888

foozle1890

hook1890

iron1890

top1890

sclaff1893

brassy shot1894

run1894

chip shot1899

chip1903

pull1903

skimmer1903

draw shot1904

brassy1906

pitch-and-run1908

windcheater1909

air shot1920

chip-in1921

explosion1924

downhiller1925

blast1927

driver1927

shank1927

socket1927

recovery1937

whiff1952

pinsplitter1961

comebacker1965

bump-and-run1981

1893 H. G. Hutchinson Golfing 82 ‘Tops’, and ‘sclaffs’, and misses.

1903 W. J. Travis Pract. Golf 20 If..the head is allowed to move, the chances are that a sclaff or a top will result.

1948 Dante & Diegel Nine Bad Shots of Golf x. 104 There is one other swing that will produce a sclaff.

Derivatives

ˈsclaffy adj.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [adjective] > types of stroke

heeled1887

lofted1887

sliced1890

sclaffy1896

foozled1899

lofting1905

duffed1906

holeable1909

socketed1911

explosive1912

chipped1916

fluffed1923

missable1924

bump-and-run1978

1896 W. Park Game of Golf 91 The sight of bare earth..gives the impression that contact between it and the club-head, which might happen with a sclaffy shot, would inevitably result in damage to the club.

1973 A. MacVicar Painted Doll Affair vii. 84 My drives would be hooks and slices, my irons sclaffy travesties.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

sclaffv.

/sklaf/

Etymology: A use of Scottish sclaff ‘to strike with the open hand or with anything having a flat surface’, ‘to walk in a clumsy way without properly lifting the feet, to shuffle along’. Probably of onomatopoeic origin; compare sclaff n., ‘the noise made by a slight blow’ or ‘in shuffling the feet’ ( Eng. Dial. Dict.).

Golf.

1. intransitive. (See quot. 1897.)

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (intransitive)] > types of stroke

putt1690

approach1887

duff1890

to drive the green1892

hack1893

sclaff1893

press1897

chip1903

bolt1909

to chip in1914

double-bogey1952

bogey1977

1893 A. Lang in Longman's Mag. Apr. 651 That they might toe or heel the ball And sclaff along like me.

1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 473/1 Sclaff, to scrape the surface of the ground with the sole of the club head before striking the ball.

2. transitive. To scrape (the ground) behind the ball in striking; also, to hit (a ball) after having scraped the ground with the club.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (transitive)] > scrape the ground

scruff1857

sclaff1896

1896 [see sclaffed adj. at Derivatives].

1904 Westm. Gaz. 13 May 3/1 An uncertain proportion are shorter, in consequence of sclaffing the ground, than the players had intended.

Derivatives

sclaffed adj.

ΚΠ

1896 W. Park Game of Golf 269 In baffing a ball the stroke is played with the intention of lofting it high in the air, whereas a sclaffed ball is not necessarily lofted high.

ˈsclaffing n.

ΚΠ

1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 469/2 Sclaffing is also the result of striking the ground behind the ball.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sclaff
释义	sclaffn. /sklaf/ Etymology: See sclaff v. Golf. A stroke in which the club scrapes the ground before hitting the ball. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > types of shot or stroke putta1754 like1790 drive1829 tee-shot1850 gobble1857 push shot1865 iron shot1870 push stroke1873 drive-off1884 slice1886 raker1888 foozle1890 hook1890 iron1890 top1890 sclaff1893 brassy shot1894 run1894 chip shot1899 chip1903 pull1903 skimmer1903 draw shot1904 brassy1906 pitch-and-run1908 windcheater1909 air shot1920 chip-in1921 explosion1924 downhiller1925 blast1927 driver1927 shank1927 socket1927 recovery1937 whiff1952 pinsplitter1961 comebacker1965 bump-and-run1981 1893 H. G. Hutchinson Golfing 82 ‘Tops’, and ‘sclaffs’, and misses. 1903 W. J. Travis Pract. Golf 20 If..the head is allowed to move, the chances are that a sclaff or a top will result. 1948 Dante & Diegel Nine Bad Shots of Golf x. 104 There is one other swing that will produce a sclaff. Derivatives ˈsclaffy adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [adjective] > types of stroke heeled1887 lofted1887 sliced1890 sclaffy1896 foozled1899 lofting1905 duffed1906 holeable1909 socketed1911 explosive1912 chipped1916 fluffed1923 missable1924 bump-and-run1978 1896 W. Park Game of Golf 91 The sight of bare earth..gives the impression that contact between it and the club-head, which might happen with a sclaffy shot, would inevitably result in damage to the club. 1973 A. MacVicar Painted Doll Affair vii. 84 My drives would be hooks and slices, my irons sclaffy travesties. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2018). sclaffv. /sklaf/ Etymology: A use of Scottish sclaff ‘to strike with the open hand or with anything having a flat surface’, ‘to walk in a clumsy way without properly lifting the feet, to shuffle along’. Probably of onomatopoeic origin; compare sclaff n., ‘the noise made by a slight blow’ or ‘in shuffling the feet’ ( Eng. Dial. Dict.). Golf. 1. intransitive. (See quot. 1897.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (intransitive)] > types of stroke putt1690 approach1887 duff1890 to drive the green1892 hack1893 sclaff1893 press1897 chip1903 bolt1909 to chip in1914 double-bogey1952 bogey1977 1893 A. Lang in Longman's Mag. Apr. 651 That they might toe or heel the ball And sclaff along like me. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 473/1 Sclaff, to scrape the surface of the ground with the sole of the club head before striking the ball. 2. transitive. To scrape (the ground) behind the ball in striking; also, to hit (a ball) after having scraped the ground with the club. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (transitive)] > scrape the ground scruff1857 sclaff1896 1896 [see sclaffed adj. at Derivatives]. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 13 May 3/1 An uncertain proportion are shorter, in consequence of sclaffing the ground, than the players had intended. Derivatives sclaffed adj. ΚΠ 1896 W. Park Game of Golf 269 In baffing a ball the stroke is played with the intention of lofting it high in the air, whereas a sclaffed ball is not necessarily lofted high. ˈsclaffing n. ΚΠ 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 469/2 Sclaffing is also the result of striking the ground behind the ball. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1893v.1893
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