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Dogleg

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Noun

1. dogleg

angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog

2. dogleg

a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway

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Dogleg

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noun
1. 
a. 
a sharp bend or angle
b. 
something with a sharp bend
verb -legs, -legging or -legged
2. (intransitive)
to go off at an angle
adjective
3. 
of or with the shape of a dogleg

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Dogleg

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noun
1. 
a sharp angle or bend like that formed by a dog's hind leg, as in a golf fairway
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈdogˌlegged or ˈdogˌlegging
2. 
to go or lie in one direction and then angle off in another
adjective
3. 
of, or having the form of, a dogleg
: also ˈdogˌlegged (ˈdoʊgˌlɛgɪd ; dōgˈlegˌid; ˈdoʊgˌlɛgd ; dōgˈlegdˌ)

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Dogleg

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n.
1.
a. Something that has a sharp bend, especially a road or route that bends abruptly.
b. A sharp bend or turn: Make a dogleg at the fire station and continue south.
2. Sports A golf hole in which the fairway is abruptly angled.
intr.v. dog·legged, dog·leg·ging, dog·legs
To make a sharp bend or turn: The street doglegs to the left.

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