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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Rent a golf cart or e-bike to zip around the resort. Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025 Hop in a golf cart tour to see see every inch of Avalon. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025 As the Republican candidate stood on the fifth-hole putting green, a Secret Service agent was riding a golf cart in a security sweep of the sixth hole and noticed someone hiding behind a chain-link fence in the southeast corner of the course. Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025 The basement would have golf cart and surfboard storage. Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 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 11 Sep. 2025.

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