golf cart

noun

1
: a small cart for wheeling a golf bag around a golf course
2
: a motorized cart for carrying golfers and their equipment over a golf course

called also golf car

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There are, however, elevators that allow access to all of the rooms and electric golf carts are available to travel between buildings. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026 The little one posed for a photo with Tisdale French in Sharpay's famous pink golf cart from High School Musical 2. Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026 Guests can also request to be picked up from their villa in an electric golf cart. Kim Foley MacKinnon, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026 Lori Hallissey, a 1979 graduate of Ramona High, and her husband, John, recently gave the school 10 new canvas umbrellas for campus lunch tables, $6,000 toward the Yearbook program and a new golf cart for the security team. Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for golf cart

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of golf cart was in 1899

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“Golf cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/golf%20cart. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.

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