dogleg

n.

1. 1. Something that has a sharp bend, especially a road or route that bends abruptly.
   2. A sharp bend or turn: Make a dogleg at the fire station and continue south.
2. Sports. A golf hole in which the fairway is abruptly angled.

intr.v., -legged, -leg·ging, -legs.
To make a sharp bend or turn: The street doglegs to the left.

doglegged dog'leg'ged (-lĕg'ĭd, -lĕgd') adj.

Said of a facility having one or more right-angled bends, as in a dogleg stair.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog

Meaning #2: a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skarp drejning på kurve, afstand mellem to drejninger, krydsben
v. intr. - lave knæk på

Nederlands (Dutch)
scherpe hoek, haarspeldbocht

Français (French)
n. - virage en épingle à cheveux, coude (sur la route, etc), angle abrupt, en coude
v. intr. - contourner un virage en épingle à cheveux, aller en zigzaguant (route)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Haarnadelkurve
v. - sich schlängeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) απότομη καμπή/στροφή (οδού κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
curva a gomito, pista automobilistica, a zig zag

Português (Portuguese)
n. - escada (f) em ziguezague

Русский (Russian)
крутой вираж

Español (Spanish)
n. - ángulo abrupto
v. intr. - seguir luego de un ángulo abrupto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tvär kurva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
似狗后腿之弯曲, 转弯, 沿着弯路行进

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 似狗後腿之彎曲
v. intr. - 轉彎, 沿著彎路行進

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 뒤틀린 것, 급커브, 질 나쁜 담배
v. intr. - 갈짓자로 나아가다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 曲がったもの, ドッグレッグ
v. - ジグザグに進む
adj. - くの字形に曲がった

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) التواء حاد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סיבוב, פנייה חדה‬
v. intr. - ‮התקדם בזווית חדה או במסלול מפותל, פנייה חדה‬

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