| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| dogleg |
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| SYLLABICATION: | dog·leg |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  dôg l g , d g- |
| NOUN: | 1a. 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. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: dog·legged, dog·leg·ging, dog·legs
To make a sharp bend or turn: The street doglegs to the left. | | OTHER FORMS: | doglegged (-lg d, -lgd) —ADJECTIVE
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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