golf : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: golf	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for golf
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
golf n a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes Synonym(s): golf, golf game v play golf
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Golf \Golf\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Golfed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Golfing}.] To play at golf. Last mystery of all, he learned to golf. --Kipling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Golf \Golf\, n. [D. kolf club or bat, also a Dutch game played in an inclosed area with clubs and balls; akin to G. kolben club, but end, Icel. k[?]lfr tongue of a bell. bolt, Sw. kolf bolt, dart, but end, Dan. kolv bolt, arrow. Cf. {Club}, {Globe}.] A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner. [Scot.] --Strutt.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Golf, FL (village, FIPS 26550) Location: 26.50520 N, 80.11020 W Population (1990): 234 (167 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Golf, IL (village, FIPS 30328) Location: 42.05880 N, 87.78652 W Population (1990): 454 (158 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)