golf ball
Americannoun
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a small, white ball with a tough cover and a resilient core of rubber, used in playing golf.
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a ball-shaped printing element on certain electric typewriters.
noun
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a small resilient, usually white, ball of either two-piece or three-piece construction, the former consisting of a solid inner core with a thick covering of toughened material, the latter consisting of a liquid centre, rubber-wound core, and a thin layer of balata
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(in some electric typewriters) a small detachable metal sphere, around the surface of which type characters are arranged
Etymology
Origin of golf ball
First recorded in 1535–45
Example Sentences
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He openly supports potential future rule changes that would rollback golf ball technology to limit players’ distance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
And when the theatrical comedy is in jeopardy, revitalizing this type of juvenility for low-brow laughs, now tempered even further to be digested between phone scrolls, feels like a golf ball to the forehead.
From Salon • Jul. 27, 2025
He was told his tumour was the size of a golf ball.
From BBC • May 20, 2025
In “Happy Gilmore,” Sandler’s unlikely golf star confronts the feisty gator played by Morris after a golf ball lands in his toothy jaws.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025
One highly effective campaign recently asked you whether you could poke your finger through the hole, approximately the diameter of a golf ball, cut in the front cover of the leaflet.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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