golf
see also: Golf, GOLF
Noun
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Etymology

The word is first known in English from the 17th century as a borrowing from gmw-msc golf, gouff.

Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ɡɒlf/
    • (Conservative RP) IPA: /ɡɒf/
  • (America) IPA: /ɡɑlf/, /ɡɔlf/
    • (New England) IPA: /ɡɒf/
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. (international standards)
Translations Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To play the game of golf.
    • 1894, Rudyard Kipling, The Day's Work/An Error in the Fourth Dimension:
      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
Golf
Golf [1]
Golf [2]
Golf [3]
Pronunciation
  • IPA: [ˈɡɔlf]
Noun
  1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter G.
  2. (nautical) Signal flag for the letter G.
  3. (time zone) UTC+07:00
Translations
GOLF
Noun
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