niblick

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/ˈnɪblɪk/

noun

A metal-headed golf club with a large highly lofted head. Replaced by a sand iron or wedge in a modern set of clubs.

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Meanings

nounniblick (plural niblicks)

plural niblicks

  1. datedgolfA metal-headed golf club with a large highly lofted head. Replaced by a sand iron or wedge in a modern set of clubs.

    On this occasion he had just examined some notes of other mashie shots, had put the notebook back in his pocket, and had addressed his ball with a niblick that had an unusually roughened face and a head like a hatchet.

    1924, Ford Madox Ford, Parade’s End, Random House, page 75
verbniblick (third-person singular simple present niblicks, present participle niblicking, simple past and past participle niblicked)

present singular third person niblicks · participle present niblicking · participle past niblicked · past niblicked

  1. ambitransitivegolfTo strike, or take a shot, with a niblick.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan iron with considerable loft

Similar
nine iron
Broader
iron

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Possibly from nib + -le + -ock.

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APA

niblick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/niblick

MLA

“niblick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/niblick. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “niblick,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/niblick.

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