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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While playing with Lowry in the first match of the Saturday afternoon session at Bethpage Black, McIlroy repeatedly stepped away from his golf ball as spectators shouted obscenities and personal insults at the career Grand Slam winner.
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Zach Powell, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
And the firefighters were never in danger of getting hit by a golf ball.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
Gulfers—as shrimpers who ply the waters of the Gulf of Mexico are called—sometimes find golf balls mixed in with their Gulf of Mexican shrimp.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Thus, there is no such thing as the best golf ball, but there probably is a best ball, or more than one, for you.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Zach Powell, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
And the firefighters were never in danger of getting hit by a golf ball.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
Gulfers—as shrimpers who ply the waters of the Gulf of Mexico are called—sometimes find golf balls mixed in with their Gulf of Mexican shrimp.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Thus, there is no such thing as the best golf ball, but there probably is a best ball, or more than one, for you.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for golf ball
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“Golf ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/golf%20ball. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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