to strike (ground) with the head of a golf club when making a stroke
baff in American English
(bæf)
Golf
intransitive verb
1.
to strike the ground with a club in making a stroke
noun
2.
a stroke with a club that unduly lofts the ball
Word origin
[1790–1800; Scots dial., special use of baff blow, buffet, prob. ult. of imit. orig.]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: gelatin, modular, peanut, standby, stereotype