Usually means: Sharp bend in golf course.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word dogleg:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. dogleg: Merriam-Webster
  2. dogleg: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dogleg: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dogleg: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dogleg: Vocabulary.com
  6. dogleg: Wordnik
  7. dogleg: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. dogleg: Wiktionary
  9. dogleg: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. dogleg: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. dogleg: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. dogleg: Dictionary.com
  13. Dogleg (band), Dogleg: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. dogleg: Rhymezone
  15. dogleg: FreeDictionary.org
  16. dogleg: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. dogleg: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. dogleg: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dogleg: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dogleg: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. dogleg: Golfer's Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing eTool (No longer online)
  3. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See doglegged as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (also attributively) Something (such as a canyon or road) with a sharp bend or turn in it.
noun:  (architecture) A configuration of stairs where a flight ascends to a half-landing before turning 180 degrees and continuing upwards.
noun:  (golf, disc golf) A sharp bend in the fairway before reaching a hole.
noun:  (US, also attributively) A single intersection consisting of two opposing T-junctions in close proximity; an intersection with a staggered cross street.
verb:  (intransitive) To bend in the shape of the hind leg of a dog, especially to turn and then turn back sharply to the original direction.

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