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

Examples of golf cart in a Sentence

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The fee of $85 per person includes a nine-hole glow-in-the-dark golf experience, golf cart, food, chair massage and raffle. Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025 Most local golf cart retailers advertise having street legal golf carts. Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 31 Aug. 2025 Basically, golf carts are safer than cars for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025 Someone called 911 about a golf cart that had driven into Atwood Lake. Saleen Martin, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025 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 10 Sep. 2025.

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