golf

Betekenis

Noun

1. 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.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Golf from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Verb

1. To play the game of golf.
2. To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf)

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɡɒlf/

Etymologie

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”).