how to pronounce dogleg

/ˈdɒɡ.lɛɡ/

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dogleg is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of dogleg in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… faint-hearted it's got a dogleg 5-speed …”

meanings of dogleg

noun:

A sharp bend in a canyon or ravine.
A configuration of stairs where a flight ascends to a half landing before turning 180 degrees and continuing upwards.
A sharp bend in the fairway (before the hole).

verb:

To bend in the shape of the hind leg of a dog, especially to turn and then turn back in original direction, such as down, right, down.

dogleg frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word dogleg occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics dogleg can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that dogleg can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;