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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 Middle English; of uncertain origin
1425–75; late Middle English; of uncertain origin
Related forms
golf·er, noun
non·golf·er, noun
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World English Dictionary
golf (ɡɒlf) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a game played on a large open course, the object of which is to hit a ball using clubs, with as few strokes as possible, into each of usually 18 holes |
| b. (as modifier): a golf bag | |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (intr) to play golf |
| [C15: perhaps from Middle Dutch colf | |
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Non golfer
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| Golf (ɡɒlf) | |
| —n | |
| communications a code word for the letter g | |
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Word Origin & History
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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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| GOLF global oscillations at low frequency |
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