Baffed

/bæft/ verb

Definition

Past tense of baff; hit a golf ball clumsily or with the back of the club head.

Etymology

Simple past tense of 'baff,' formed by adding '-ed.' Follows standard English verb conjugation patterns.

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In golf slang, every bad shot has a name—'baffed it,' 'topped it,' 'shanked it'—showing how communities develop rich vocabularies for the specific ways you can fail at what you're trying to do!

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