Golf
[gɒlf] or [gɔlf]
Definition
(noun.) 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.
(verb.) play golf.
Inputed by Lilly--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Typed by Jerry
Definition
n. a game played with a club and ball in which he who drives the ball into a series of small holes in the ground with fewest strokes is the winner.—ns. Golf′er; Golf′ing.
Typist: Penelope
Unserious Contents or Definition
To be playing golf or watching the game, denotes that pleasant and successive wishing will be indulged in by you. To see any unpleasantness connected with golf, you will be humiliated by some thoughtless person.
Inputed by Leonard
Unserious Contents or Definition
An excuse for carrying unconcealed weapons and a Scotch breath.
Editor: Roxanne
Examples
- He came on the pretence of playing golf. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I had not walked farther than the golf-house when the whole thing was arranged in my mind. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Vigor will enable a man to play tennis or golf or to sail a boat better than he would if he were weak. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typist: Winfred