golf ball

noun

1
: a small hard dimpled ball used in golf
2
: the spherical printing element of an electric typewriter or printer

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In another, Stocking tees up a golf ball with her chin at a local driving range. Steven Bertoni, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025 Shane Lowry absent-mindedly picked up his golf ball on the 14th green without marking it. Apress, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025 After failing to get the golf ball out of the rough, the Irish golfer ended up taking out his frustrations on a microphone. Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025 Meanwhile, the height and thickness of the rough will easily cover a golf ball. Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for golf ball

Word History

First Known Use

1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of golf ball was in 1545

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“Golf ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/golf%20ball. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.

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