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deloft

deloft verb: to reduce the loft of a stroke with.

Verb

deloft (third-person singular simple present delofts, present participle delofting, simple past and past participle delofted)

  1. To reduce the loft of a stroke with.
    • To ensure that you do not make a normal transfer of weight to your front foot during the swing, which may be good for full shots or chips but delofts the club in a flop shot, practice keeping your front heel off the ground throughout the swing.2009 April 13, Bill Pennington, “Sorenstam’s Tips for Flop Shots in Tough Spots”, in New York Times

Forms of deloft

third-person singular presentdelofts
present participledelofting
past participledelofted
pastdelofted

Origin of deloft

From de- + loft.

Questions about deloft

What does deloft mean?
Deloft means to reduce the loft of a stroke with.
What part of speech is deloft?
Deloft is a verb.
What is the past tense of deloft?
The past tense of deloft is delofted.

Words near deloft in the dictionary

  1. delocates
  2. delocating
  3. delocation
  4. delocations
  5. delocutive
  6. deloft
  7. delofted
  8. delofting
  9. delofts
  10. Deloitte
  11. deloll

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