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DOGLEG (doglegged, doglegging)

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Irregular inflected forms: doglegged  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, doglegging  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does dogleg mean? 

DOGLEG (noun)
  The noun DOGLEG has 2 senses:

1. angle that resembles the hind leg of a dogplay

2. a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairwayplay

  Familiarity information: DOGLEG used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DOGLEG (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("dogleg" is a kind of...):

angle (the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dogleg" is a kind of...):

golf hole; hole (one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course)


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