Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To scrape or strike the ground with a golf club behind the ball before hitting it.
- v. To strike (the ground) with a golf club before hitting the ball.
- v. To hit (a ball) in this manner.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To strike with the open hand or with anything flat; specifically, in golf, nearly the same as baff. See the extract.
Wiktionary
- n. golf a poor golf shot, during which the club hits the ground before it hits the ball
- v. golf to perform such a shot
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. Scot. To scuff or shuffle along.
- v. (Golf) To scrape the ground with the sole of the club, before striking the ball, in making a stroke.
- v. (Golf) To scrape (the club) on the ground, in a stroke, before hitting the ball; also, to make (a stroke) in that way.
- n. A slight blow; a slap; a soft fall; also, the accompanying noise.
- n. (Golf) The stroke made by one who sclaffs.
- n. A thin, solid substance, esp. a thin shoe or slipper.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a poor golf stroke in which the club head hits the ground before hitting the ball
- v. strike (a golf ball) such that the ground is scraped first
- v. strike (the ground) in making a sclaff
Etymologies
- Scots, to strike with a flat surface. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“When, as often happens, this is done too suddenly, a sclaff is the result.”
“All I remember of the night was that it was flipping cold and Gifton Noel-Williams scored with the flukiest sclaff I have ever seen.”
“In making his correction the man is very likely to overdo it and strike the sand before the ball, causing a sclaff, or, on the other hand, not to correct sufficiently when the only possible result would be a topped ball and probably a hopeless position in the hazard.”
“Still, Sutton may rue that sclaff as the game progresses ...”
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bilby "After witnessing Hamilton's confident win over Dundee Utd at the start of the week Craig Brewster would have been only too aware of the threat posed by the new boys, but it was a series of small errors culminating in a sclaffed ball by young defender Duff which set up Offiong for the opening goal on the stroke of half time."
- 'Inverness CT v Hamilton - 16-08-08', caleythistleonline.com. Aug 23, 2008