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

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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

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Related Forms:

  • golfˈer noun

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