GOLF
[golf, gawlf; Brit. also gof]
–noun
1. | a game in which clubs with wooden or metal heads are used to hit a small, white ball into a number of holes, usually 9 or 18, in succession, situated at various distances over a course having natural or artificial obstacles, the object being to get the ball into each hole in as few strokes as possible. |
2. | a word used in communications to represent the letter G. |
–verb (used without object)
3. | to play golf. |
Origin:
1425–75; late ME; of uncert. orig.