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GOLF

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

golf; golf game

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("golf" is a kind of...):

outdoor game (an athletic game that is played outdoors)

Domain member category:

toe (hit (a golf ball) with the toe of the club)

heel (strike with the heel of the club)

putt (hit a putt)

putt (strike (a golf ball) lightly, with a putter)

shank (hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction)

toe (drive (a golf ball) with the toe of the club)

carry (cover a certain distance or advance beyond)

hole up (score a hole in one)

eagle (shoot in two strokes under par)

caddie; caddy (act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player)

ace (play (a hole) in one stroke)

par (make a score (on a hole) equal to par)

tee off (strike a ball from the teeing ground at the start of a hole)

address (adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting)

drive (strike with a driver, as in teeing off)

hole; hole out (hit the ball into the hole)

slice (hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction)

hook (hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left)

sclaff (strike (the ground) in making a sclaff)

sclaff (strike (a golf ball) such that the ground is scraped first)

tee; tee up (place on a tee)

chip (play a chip shot)

birdie (shoot in one stroke under par)

double birdie; eagle (shoot two strokes under par)

double bogey (to shoot two strokes over par)

bogey (to shoot in one stroke over par)

dormie; dormy (in match play a side that stands as many holes ahead as there are holes remaining to be played)

greenside (adjacent to a putting green)

approach; approach shot (a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green)

chip; chip shot ((golf) a low running approach shot)

driving iron; one iron ((golf) the long iron with the most nearly vertical face)

club-head; club head; clubhead; golf-club head ((golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball)

golf course; links course (course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf)

golf equipment (sports equipment used in playing golf)

driving range; golf range (a practice range for practicing golf shots)

heel ((golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft)

plus fours (men's baggy knickers hanging below the knees; formerly worn for sports (especially golf))

toe ((golf) the part of a clubhead farthest from the shaft)

wedge ((golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole)

whip ((golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club)

loft ((golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air)

address (the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball)

scratch ((golf) a handicap of zero strokes)

card; scorecard ((golf) a record of scores (as in golf))

apron ((golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green)

divot (a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club))

divot ((golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke)

greenskeeper (someone responsible for the maintenance of a golf course)

medal winner; medalist; medallist ((golf) the winner at medal play of a tournament)

stroke ((golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club)

birdie ((golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole)

bogey ((golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole)

double-bogey ((golf) a score of two strokes over par for a hole)

eagle ((golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole)

double eagle ((golf) a score of three strokes under par on a hole)

par ((golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "golf"):

professional golf (playing golf for money)

round; round of golf (the activity of playing 18 holes of golf)

medal play; stroke play (golf scoring by total strokes taken)

match play (golf scoring by holes won)

miniature golf (a novelty version of golf played with golf balls and putters on a miniature course featuring many obstacles)

clock golf (a form of golf in which you putt from positions arranged on the circumference of a circle around the hole)

Derivation:

golf (play golf)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Play golf

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "golf" is one way to...):

play (participate in games or sport)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

golf (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)

golfer (someone who plays the game of golf)

golfing (playing golf)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A massive and lethargic woman, who had been urging Daisy to play golf with her at the local club tomorrow, spoke in Miss Baedeker's defence: "Oh, she's all right now. When she's had five or six cocktails she always starts screaming like that. I tell her she ought to leave it alone."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

I noticed that she wore her evening dress, all her dresses, like sports clothes—there was a jauntiness about her movements as if she had first learned to walk upon golf courses on clean, crisp mornings.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

She was dressed to play golf and I remember thinking she looked like a good illustration, her chin raised a little, jauntily, her hair the color of an autumn leaf, her face the same brown tint as the fingerless glove on her knee.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)