"hosel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hosels [plural]
Etymology: Equivalent to hose + -le. Etymology templates: {{af|en|hose|-le}} hose + -le Head templates: {{en-noun}} hosel (plural hosels)
  1. The portion of the head of a golf club to which the shaft of the club attaches.
    Sense id: en-hosel-en-noun-LkFAkkAA
  2. (slang) A semester, in the context of a course of study which should be enjoyable as opposed to required work. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-hosel-en-noun-TPCKOg9m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 18 82

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hosel meaning in English (1.6kB)

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