niblick
2
9.9
- noun
- /ˈnɪblɪk/
- Archaic
:
niblick
- During the tournament, she pulled out her niblick to hit a tricky shot over the sand trap.
- mashie niblick
Examples
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Oh, fourteenth hole at Riverdale... ...some use a mashie, some use a niblick.
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And you got your irons: one iron, mid-iron, mid-mashie, mashie iron... spade mashie, mashie niblick pitching niblick, and regular niblick.
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Putter, niblick, number three iron.
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Bring your niblick.
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He keeps handing me niblicks.
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Perhaps best of all, a reaI 1930s murder weapon, the mashie niblick.
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Dear, old mashie niblick.
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And you got your irons: one iron, mid-iron, mid-mashie, mashie iron... spade mashie, mashie niblick pitching niblick, and regular niblick.
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And you got your irons: one iron, mid-iron, mid-mashie, mashie iron... spade mashie, mashie niblick pitching niblick, and regular niblick.
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To the far left of the range, situated on the tee with an old-fashioned niblick driver in hand and his tartan cap pulled low on his brow, stood a now familiar figure, a man who had been in and out of the range for some years but now was bending to tee three more balls as if it must be done quickly.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
129
1.6
A long stick with a flat end used to hit a golf ball
34
1.9
A long stick with a special head for hitting a golf ball
15
9.3
An old wooden golf club with a slightly raised face used to hit the ball high
2
5.9
A golf club with a high loft used to hit short, high approach shots
1
4.6
A golf club that makes the ball go high for short shots onto the green
1
9.9
An old iron golf club with a steep face used to hit high approach shots onto the green
1
5.9
A golf club with a slanted face for hitting high shots toward the green
1
9.9
An old golf club with an iron head or a metal hook
A golf club with a wooden head used to hit high shots
Compounds
- Archaic
1
9.9
An old iron golf club with a steep face used to hit high approach shots onto the green
How Lofted
- Specialized
12
5.7
- Jargon
1
4.6
- Jargon
1
7.2
- Archaic
2
9.9
- Specialized
1
5.3
- Specialized
1
6.3
20
5.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Niblick probably comes from nib, a word for a 'beak' or 'small tip', plus a small ending that made it mean 'little beak'. Think of a pen nib, small and pointed, to remember that a niblick was a small golf club used for short, high shots.