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sclaff

/sklæf/

sclaff noun: a poor golf shot, where the club hits the ground before it hits the ball.

Noun

sclaff (plural sclaffs)

  1. A poor golf shot, where the club hits the ground before it hits the ball.
  2. (Scotland) A slight blow; a slap; a soft fall; also, the accompanying noise.
  3. A thin, solid substance, especially a thin shoe or slipper.

Verb

sclaff (third-person singular simple present sclaffs, present participle sclaffing, simple past and past participle sclaffed)

  1. To perform such a shot.
  2. (Scotland) To scuff or shuffle along.
    • The striker sclaffed the ball between the goalie's legs.

sclaff meaning in Bengali

sclaff in Bengali

হালকা আঘাত, চড়, মৃদু পতন, চটি, এই ধরনের শট খেলা, পা ঘষে চলা

Forms of sclaff

Noun
pluralsclaffs
Verb
third-person singular presentsclaffs
present participlesclaffing
past participlesclaffed
pastsclaffed

Origin of sclaff

Borrowed from Scots sclaff (“to slap, shuffle”), of onomatopoeic origin.

Words that rhyme with sclaff

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Questions about sclaff

What does sclaff mean?
Sclaff means a poor golf shot, where the club hits the ground before it hits the ball.
What is sclaff in Bengali?
Sclaff in Bengali is হালকা আঘাত, চড়, মৃদু পতন. See Sclaff meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is sclaff?
Sclaff can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce sclaff?
Sclaff is pronounced /sklæf/.
What is the plural of sclaff?
The plural of sclaff is sclaffs.

Words near sclaff in the dictionary

  1. SCJDs
  2. SCJP
  3. SCJPs
  4. Sclafani
  5. Sclafanis
  6. sclaff
  7. sclaffed
  8. sclaffer
  9. sclaffers
  10. sclaffing
  11. sclaffs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sclaff (page history and authors); sclaff (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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