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Audio Help [golf, gawlf; Brit. also gof] Pronunciation Key

–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.

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

–verb (used without object)

3.	to play golf.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME; of uncert. orig.

]

—Related forms

golfer, noun

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golf Audio Help   (gŏlf, gôlf) Pronunciation Key
n.   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.

intr.v.   golfed, golf·ing, golfs
To play this game.

[Middle English.]

golf'er n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
golf

1457, Scot. gouf, usually taken as an alteration of M.Du. colf, colve "stick, club, bat," from P.Gmc. *kulth- (cf. O.N. kolfr "clapper of a bell," Ger. Kolben "mace, club"). The game is from 14c., the word is first mentioned (along with fut-bol) in a 1457 Scot. statute on forbidden games.

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golf
noun
1.	a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
verb
1.	play golf

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
golf [golf] noun

a game in which a small white ball is hit across open ground and into small holes by means of golf-clubs
Example: He plays golf every Sunday.

Arabic:	لُعْبَة الغولْف
Chinese (Simplified):	高尔夫球
Chinese (Traditional):	高爾夫球
Czech:	golf
Danish:	golf
Estonian:	golf
Finnish:	golf
French:	golf
German:	das Golfspiel
Greek:	γκολφ
Hungarian:	golf
Icelandic:	golf
Indonesian:	golf
Italian:	golf
Japanese:	ゴルフ

Korean:	골프
Latvian:	golfs
Lithuanian:	golfas
Norwegian:	golf(spill)
Polish:	golf
Portuguese (Brazil):	golfe
Portuguese (Portugal):	golfe
Romanian:	golf
Russian:	гольф
Slovak:	golf
Slovenian:	golf
Spanish:	golf
Swedish:	golf
Turkish:	golf

golf [golf] verb

to play golf

Arabic:	يَلْعَب الغولْف
Chinese (Simplified):	打高尔夫球
Chinese (Traditional):	打高爾夫球
Czech:	hrát golf
Danish:	spille golf
Estonian:	golfi mängima
Finnish:	pelata golfia
French:	jouer au golf
German:	Golf spielen, golfen
Greek:	παίζω γκολφ
Hungarian:	golfozik
Icelandic:	leika golf
Indonesian:	main golf
Italian:	giocare a golf*
Japanese:	ゴルフをする

Korean:	골프를 치다
Latvian:	spēlēt golfu
Lithuanian:	žaisti golfą
Norwegian:	spille golf
Polish:	grać w golfa
Portuguese (Brazil):	jogar golfe
Portuguese (Portugal):	jogar golfe
Romanian:	a juca golf
Russian:	играть в гольф
Slovak:	hrať golf
Slovenian:	igrati golf
Spanish:	jugar al golf
Swedish:	spela golf, golfa
Turkish:	golf oynamak

See also: golf-club, golfer, golf club, golf course

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Golf Manor, OH (village, FIPS 30786) Location: 39.18705 N, 84.44642 W
Population (1990): 4154 (1871 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Golf, FL (village, FIPS 26550) Location: 26.50520 N, 80.11020 W
Population (1990): 234 (167 housing units)
Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Golf, IL (village, FIPS 30328) Location: 42.05880 N, 87.78652 W
Population (1990): 454 (158 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Village Of Golf, FL Zip code(s): 33436

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Golf

Goff\, n. A game. See Golf. [Scot.] --Halliwell.

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Golf

Golf\, n. [D. kolf club or bat, also a Dutch game played in an inclosed area with clubs and balls; akin to G. kolben club, but end, Icel. k?lfr tongue of a bell. bolt, Sw. kolf bolt, dart, but end, Dan. kolv bolt, arrow. Cf. Club, Globe.] A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner. [Scot.] --Strutt.

American Heritage Abbreviations Dictionary 3rd Edition - Cite This Source - Share This

GOLF
global oscillations at low frequency

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