golf

[ golf, gawlf; British also gof ]

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noun

a game in which clubs with wooden or metal heads are used to hit a small, white ball into a number of holes, usually 9 or 18, in succession, situated at various distances over a course having natural or artificial obstacles, the object being to get the ball into each hole in as few strokes as possible.
a word used in communications to represent the letter G.

verb (used without object)

to play golf.

Origin of golf

1425–75; late Middle English; of uncertain origin

Other words from golf

golfer, noun
non·golf·er, noun

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How to use golf in a sentence

When President Obama golfed with the Speaker, it was a staged event.
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He also ran Roulette Records and golfed on occasion with Sammy Davis, Jr.
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He played basketball, golfed and fished with men and men only.
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He had golfed all his life from the time when he first knew that he was alive.
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We posterity are of another golfing world completely from that in which those early champions of St. Andrews lived and golfed.
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When they golfed she had a delightful way of making her conversation from green to green into a sort of serial.
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There were so many sets—those who yachted, danced, and golfed; those who danced and golfed; and those who merely golfed.
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During this summer I golfed very determinedly, buoyed up by the vain hope of becoming a first-class player—a "scratch" man.
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British Dictionary definitions for golf (1 of 2)

golf

/ (ɡɒlf) /

noun

- a game played on a large open course, the object of which is to hit a ball using clubs, with as few strokes as possible, into each of usually 18 holes
- (as modifier): a golf bag

verb

(intr) to play golf

Origin of golf

C15: perhaps from Middle Dutch colf club

British Dictionary definitions for Golf (2 of 2)

Golf

/ (ɡɒlf) /

noun

communications a code word for the letter g

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