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golf
(gôlf, gälf)
noun
an outdoor game played on a large course with a small, hard ball and a set of clubs, the object being to hit the ball into each of a series of nine or eighteen holes in turn, using the fewest possible strokes
Origin: LME (Scot) golf, gouff, usually deriv. < Du kolf, a club, but all early forms have g-, and the -l- may be unhistoric, hence < ? Scot gowf, to strike < gowf, a blow (with the open hand)
intransitive verb
to play golf
Related Forms:
- golfer noun
See golf in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A game played on a large outdoor course with a series of 9 or 18 holes spaced far apart, the object being to propel a small, hard ball with the use of various clubs into each hole with as few strokes as possible.
intransitive verb golfed, golf·ing, golfs To play this game.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
.Related Forms:
- golfˈer noun
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