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golf

Syllabification: (golf)
Pronunciation: /gälf, gôlf/
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Definition of golf

noun

  • 1a game played on a large open-air course, in which a small hard ball is struck with a club into a series of small holes in the ground, the object being to use the fewest possible strokes to complete the course.

    A golf course usually has 18 holes, each set in a smooth lawn (a green) separated from the others by stretches of smooth grass (fairways), rough ground, sand-filled bunkers, and other hazards. Various clubs are used to hit the ball from a tee toward the green and then putt it into the hole

  • 2a code word representing the letter G, used in radio communication.

verb

[no object]
  • play golf: (as noun golfing)a week’s golfing

Derivatives

golfer

noun

Origin:

late Middle English (originally Scots): perhaps related to Dutch kolf 'club, bat', used as a term in several Dutch games; golf, however, is recorded before these games

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