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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Something that has a sharp bend, especially a road or route that bends abruptly.
  • noun A sharp bend or turn.
  • noun Sports A golf hole in which the fairway is abruptly angled.
  • intransitive verb To make a sharp bend or turn.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb intransitive To bend in the shape of the hind leg of a dog.
  • noun golf A sharp bend in the fairway (before the hole)
  • noun A configuration of stairs where a flight ascends to a half landing before turning 180 degrees and continuing upwards.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway
  • noun angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog

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