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golf

[ golf, gawlf; British also gof ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. a word used in communications to represent the letter G.


verb (used without object)

  1. to play golf.

golf

1

/ ɡɒ /

noun

    1. 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
    2. ( as modifier )

      a golf bag

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to play golf
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Golf

2

/ ɡɒ /

noun

  1. communications a code word for the letter g
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of golf1

1425–75; late Middle English; of uncertain origin
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of golf1

C15: perhaps from Middle Dutch colf club
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Sperbeck fell from a moving golf cart in the Madison Club community of La Quinta on April 26 about 6:50 p.m. and hit his head.

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"I didn't even know that Elton John knew what golf was, so it's been really cool."

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We wouldn’t be as invested if the stakes were privately owned — say, a golf club or a gated community — although Cage’s character with his luxury car and costly latte habit probably cares about those, too.

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Pace bowler Mark Wood is irritated by a "golf, golf, golf" narrative around the England team, but admits they do not help themselves by saying "dumb" things in the media.

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He said the account he drew from was not for the charity but was set up for two golf tournaments to raise money for a disabled former firefighter.

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