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golf
[golf, gawlf; Brit. 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)
| 3. | to play golf. |
Origin:
1425–75; late ME; of uncert. orig.
1425–75; late ME; of uncert. orig.
Related forms:
golfer, noun
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| golf (gŏlf, gôlf) 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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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.
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Language Translation for : golf
Spanish:
golf,
German:
das Golfspiel,
Japanese:
ゴルフ
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| GOLF global oscillations at low frequency |
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