golf: Meaning and Definition of

golf

Pronunciation: (golf, gôlfBrit.also gof&hasp), [key]
— n.
  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.
—v.i.
  1. to play golf.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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