Business name word
Golf
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.
Pronunciation: /ɡɒlf/, /ɡɒf/
What “Golf” means
Noun
- 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.
Verb
- To play the game of golf.
- To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf)
Where the word comes from
The word is first known in English from the 17th century as a borrowing from Middle Scots golf, gouff. Although the etymology is uncertain, the most likely origin is that it comes from the Middle Dutch colve, colf (“club”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“club”), related to German Kolben (“piston, rod”), Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”), Old English clopp (“rock; cliff”), English kelp.
Meanings and etymology from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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