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golf ball
noun
- a small, white ball with a tough cover and a resilient core of rubber, used in playing golf.
- a ball-shaped printing element on certain electric typewriters.
golf ball
noun
- a small resilient, usually white, ball of either two-piece or three-piece construction, the former consisting of a solid inner core with a thick covering of toughened material, the latter consisting of a liquid centre, rubber-wound core, and a thin layer of balata
- (in some electric typewriters) a small detachable metal sphere, around the surface of which type characters are arranged
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Word History and Origins
Origin of golf ball1
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Example Sentences
“I can throw a golf ball that far,” one dad told The Ontario Star.
Then he paused and said: “Now watch this drive,” and whacked a golf ball.
I took an old golf-ball from my pocket and hurled it as hard as I could at the potential destroyer of my peace.
It looked to Bart as if it were at least golf-ball size, and seemed to be getting bigger by the moment.
And he had slunk back when the course was cleared, to be told the simple secret of hitting a golf ball.
We would cut the cover off a golf ball and unwind some of the miles of rubber bands inside.
The fact is I had bet Myra a new golf-ball that Simpson would show the baby his watch within two minutes of meeting him.
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