: crooked or bent like a dog's hind leg
a sharp dogleg bend in the fairway
1
a
: something having an abrupt angle
b
: a sharp bend (as in a road)
2
: a golf hole having an angled fairway
doglegged; doglegging; doglegs
: to proceed along a dogleg course
… the single narrow street that doglegs through town …—
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Noun
a sharp dogleg to the left
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Mike Dame, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
The dogleg gear pattern makes shifting between second and third gear a dream, and on the road, this is mostly where the driving experience focuses.
—Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 15 Jan. 2026
Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2019
The par-5 18th plays 597, doglegs right and features the bigger-than-ever lake over which pros will have to fly their approach shots to reach the green in two.
—Tad Reeve, Twin Cities, 3 June 2019
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Noun
On the 15th hole – a 510-yard par 5 with a dogleg left – my second shot left me on the wrong side of the fairway, trees blocking a direct line to the green.
—Mike Dame, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
The dogleg gear pattern makes shifting between second and third gear a dream, and on the road, this is mostly where the driving experience focuses.
—Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 15 Jan. 2026
Verb
Dorian doglegged north along the state’s Atlantic coast and barely tousled Floridians, but the storm’s costs for electric utilities were still significant as the price of living in the nation’s most hurricane-prone state.
—Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2019
The par-5 18th plays 597, doglegs right and features the bigger-than-ever lake over which pros will have to fly their approach shots to reach the green in two.
—Tad Reeve, Twin Cities, 3 June 2019
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“Dogleg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dogleg. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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