golf

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ɡɒlf/
  • (Conservative RP) IPA: /ɡɒf/
• (GA) IPA: /ɡɑlf/, /ɡɔlf/

Noun

golf (uncountable)

1. (sports) 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.
2. The letter G in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Translations

• French: golf
• German: Golf
• Italian: golf
• Portuguese: golfe
• Russian: гольф
• Spanish: golf

Translations

• Italian: Genova
• Russian: (for both Cyrillic and Roman) Гали́на

Verb

golf (golfs, present participle golfing; past and past participle golfed)

1. (intransitive) To play the game of golf.

   • Last mystery of all, he learned to golf.

2. (computing) To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf)

Translations

• French: golfer
• German: golfen

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