Golf

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • 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.
  • verb-intransitive. To play this game.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.
  • n. The letter G in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
  • v. To play golf.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • verb-intransitive. To play at golf.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A game played over an extensive stretch of ground in which holes about 4 inches in diameter are placed at distances from 100 to 500 yards apart.
  • To play at golf.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. 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
  • v. play golf
  • Verb Form
    golfed    golfing    golfs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    play   
    Form
    golfed    golfing   
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