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Word: turf (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • a layer of earth covered with grass; sod
  • a piece of such a layer cut from the soil and used to make a lawn
  • a racetrack; or the sport of racing horses
  • Ireland a sod of peat used as fuel.
  • slang the territory claimed by a person, gang, etc. as their own

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Verb:

  • business To cancel a project or product.
  • business To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.
  • Ultimate Frisbee To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release.
  • to create a lawn by laying turfs

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