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golf

  • noun
  • /ɡɒlf/

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.

Related words

  • African golf
  • antigolf
  • army golf
  • barnyard golf
  • clock golf
  • code golf
  • crazy golf
  • dart golf
  • disc golf
  • flying disc golf
  • folf
  • footgolf

Word history

From Middle Dutch "colve".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “golf” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.