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golf

golf [ gawlf ]


noun 
Definition:
 
game with ball and clubs: an outdoor game in which an array of special clubs with long shafts are used to hit a small ball from a prescribed starting point into a series of holes. The object of the game is to complete the course in as few strokes as possible.



intransitive verb  (past and past participle golfed, present participle golf·ing, 3rd person present singular golfs)
Definition:
 
play golf: to play the game of golf

[15th century. Origin ?]

golf·er noun
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