golf
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golf/ɡɒlf/
▶noun
- 1 a game played on a large open-air course, the aim of which is to strike a small, hard ball with a club into a series of small holes with the fewest possible strokes.
- 2 a code word representing the letter G, used in radio communication.
– derivatives
golfer noun.
golfer noun.
– origin ME (orig. Scots): perh. rel. to Du. kolf ‘club, bat’.
'golf' also found in these Oxford entries:
ace
- address
- albatross
- approach shot
- backswing
- birdie
- bogey
- borrow
- brassie
- brassy
- bunker
- bye
- caddie
- caddy
- card
- carry
- casual water
- chip
- classic
- clock golf
- club
- course
- cup
- cut
- divot
- dog-leg
- dormy
- double eagle
- downswing
- draw
- driver
- driving range
- dub
- duff
- eagle
- fade
- fairway
- foozle
- fore
- foursome
- gallery
- golf ball
- golf course
- golf shirt
- green
- greenkeeper
- half
- halve
- handicap
